Book lovers will pack Fenway Park for Fourth Wing Night, author to throw out first pitch

On Wednesday night, America's most beloved ballpark will be packed with book lovers, for Fourth Wing Night at Fenway.

The Red Sox are looking to expand their reach, so they teamed up with the author of the New York Times Best-Selling romantasy novel.

"Fourth Wing" is the first in a series of books about dragon-riding students at a war college.

And while books and baseball may not seem to have too much in common, Shelley Thompson, the manager of The Purple Couch bookstore in North Andover says, "People are passionate about their books, and they are passionate about their baseball, and we get both together."

Book club member Meredith Longo adds, "I think probably the Red Sox are finding that there is a huge intersection, unexpectedly maybe, of fantasy readers, and romance readers, and