Fantasy genre

I am not a "fantasy" kind of person, or a least I thought so. I chose to read Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede as my fantasy choice just knowing that I was going to have to push myself to read it. Surprisingly it kept my interest from beginning to end. I actually found myself getting excited about finding a chance to read another chapter. That has not happened since I read On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Yet our group choice for the fantasy genre was Ella Enchanted and it does not appeal to me at all. Maybe as I get deeper into it, it will grow on me.