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Read it. Loved it. If you don't skate it will make you want to start, if you do it will make you want to skate better.
Cute memoir. Nice book on history of present wave of roller derby. Good for anyone having interest in subject matter, probably not so much for you if you don't like roller derby or memoirs.
Insights are provided into the role of the skater's persona, team identity, and the relationships between the fans and the skaters. This experience is framed within the history of the sport and laced with details of the sport's re-emergence. It may also have some interest to students in women's studies. Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track is a wonderful supplementary text for a course in Sociology or Psychology of Sport. It is a well-written narrative of one woman's experience with flat-track roller derby. While this book is an interesting work in and of itself, it provides a unique learning experience for students of sociology, psychology, and kinisiology.
Melicious from the Texas Rollergirls (flat track association) tells her roller derby saga - from watching her first bout, to joining the Bad Girls Good Woman league to the split in factions and subsequent formation of the Texas Rollergirls and Texas Lonestar Roller Derby Girls. An easy read from front to back, Rollergirl Totally True Tales From the Track, was worth every penny. Any roller derby gal starting a league or joining a league should get ahold of this book - and roller derby enthusiasts should be just as intrigued. Anyone interested in the Woman's Flat Track Roller Derby Association (WFTDA) could also benefit from this book, as it tells the tale of how the whole dang flat track revolution started.
they kind of got in the way of the narrative - and many times seemed unnecessary. (for those of you who may not recall, a "simile" is a comparison using "like" or "as.") sometimes there are three on a page alone. not that this is a big deal, but that part where she says her boyfriend gave her "instant punk cred" by drawing an anarchy symbol on her skates made me gag a little. i'm not really into roller derby but my girlfriend likes it; i borrowed the book from her. all in all it is good read and highly informative as to how the sport came about. i kept feeling like i stubbed my toe on them (there ya go - another simile).
that's something that is earned, not absorbed simply by quitting a corporate job. i really liked this book. only have one complaint about it:i feel the author relies on similes waaaaayyyyyyyy too much. go back and give it a re-read; you'll see what i'm talking about.
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