Finding a Footing

Book Club Mondays (on Tuesday)
Till We Have Faces Pages 1-36
Location: Step Mill at Red's.
Time: 30 Minutes

The last time I read a book for an assignment, I was in high school. And I always procrastinated until the end, forcing myself to read hundreds of pages over a mere weekend. Not much has changed in 10 years, I find. I have ample time on my hands these days, but could not muster the energy to pick up the book "Till We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis. A very similar sentiment that I'm experiencing with the gym. Today I decided to put an end to both. So for 30 minutes I climbed the Step Mill set on intervals, which is definately the best machine ever made, for it's sole purpose is ass-kicking. I managed to read 36 pages, and those 30 minutes breezed by. I may be on to something here!

One thing that I remember well from assigned reading in high school was that I always had a knack for skipping over all the major plot points and only pulling from the book the "theme" or "characterization" or any of those other literary terms that English teachers go gaga over. What they, and I, could never understand was how was it that I could be spot on with all of these seeminly difficult concepts, but I could never remember who did what to whom and when!

That being said, I don't remember a whole lot about the plot specific points in the first 36 pages. I am a huge fan of historical fiction, and this novel does read in a very similar manner to many of Phillipa Gregory's works. I find myself transported to some time long ago, reading a story seemingly based on the story of the ugly duckling, at least in it's early pages. Probably not the case, but I my overactive imagination has a habit of replacing the main character with myself, acting out all of the scenes in my own head. Maybe that's why I'm grossly dissappointed when I've read the book before seeing the movie!