I went to a roller derby match last weekend. It was my first, but it won’t be my last, especially if bff joins their ranks as she’s currently planning.
And why did I go to my first roller derby match?
B/c one of the main characters in an urban fantasy series I love plays roller derby.
InCryptid by Seanan McGuire, if you’re curious (but you’ll have to read several installments before you reach the roller derby awesomeness, FYI).
Prior to reading about it, I (of course) knew what roller derby was—I’d seen Whip It, thankyouverymuch—but I had no idea my city had its own league, and I wasn’t interested enough to check it out independently.
BUT.
McGuire brought the sport to life.
Through her InCryptid series, I learned how roller derby is actually played, b/c no, it’s not just a bunch of women with not-so-vaguely threatening monikers skating around in circles.
And it sounded FUN.
So I went. And it was fun.
Not just the game, but the crowd too. Roller derby fans are great. They share the business cards of their spectacular colorists and guard your seat so you can coo at the two-for-$20 kittens brought for adoption by one of the team sponsors.
It was an all-around fantastic experience.
And I (probably) never would’ve done it if I hadn’t read about it first.
What about you? What have you done b/c books?
My name is Jessica and I live in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I’m trying my hand at writing, but mostly I read. My favorite genres are Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and the YA versions of those genres, but if there is a book of a different color getting lots of buzz, I’ll read it too, just to be informed. If I’m not reading or writing, I’m probably on Goodreads or Pinterest or baking blueberry pies because I love them.
I have read books I probably wouldn’t have because of movies (Hamlet because of Renaissance Man and Pride and Prejudice because of You Got Mail), but of the top of my head I can’t think of a book that has made me want to try something like watching Roller Derby, but I am sure there is something I just can’t think of it…lol
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