Discuss why you were interested in picking up this book

     The book I just finished reading was American Sniper by Chris Kyle. It is an autobiography about him as he tells his experience of being a Navy SEAL, while simultaneously falling in love and starting a family. Throughout his time in the military, he comes to be known as the most lethal sniper in American history. I chose to read this book in particular because for my Best Sellers class, I needed a book that had been adapted into a movie. There were novels such as The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, and Gone Girl. Apart from having read some of them, I wanted to try a genre that I typically don't tend to read. And so I went with an autobiography. I actually found this book to very interesting, although the majority of my group did not. When asked if they would see it then read it, read it then see it, just read it, or just see it, everyone but myself said that they would rather see it. But I said that I would rather read it, then see the movie. Chris Kyle also wrote in a way that I'm not used to. Usually, the books I pick up tend to be just a story. But Kyle wrote a bunch of mini stories that were then combined into one. I actually found myself liking this style of writing. 

     I was also really interested in reading this book because I really wanted to see the movie. I don't like to watch a movie before I read the book (unless I don't know that it is a book). I like to get a feel for the characters and learn about their personalities how the author pictured them, not the director. Plus, I really want to imagine the characters as how they appear in my mind, and not how the director decided to cast them.