go out and buy, "STICK AND RUDDER" like armchair flyer says.
"SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS" by lindbergh
"Fate is the hunter" gann
get the movies to the two above also!
learn in a piper not a cessna if you have a choice! a real piper not that import job.
good luck
oh, and if its legal where you live, buy a small radio to listen to aeronautical frequencies in your local airport area.
DO NOT GO NEAR A PROP even if it is not moving, be careful, someone could start up without warning (though they should yell: CLEARProp). You can inspect it while doing pre flight inspection.