Book Beginnings: Life in Motion

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland

"It's morning, eight a.m., to be exact. My alarm goes off for no more than five seconds before I sit up to stop the nagging sound."

Misty Copeland is exhausted and aching and has just as hard a time getting up in the morning as I do even though I am not a ballerina.