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I have this self-imposed rule that you don’t buy a book with the movie photo on the cover. I’ve broken this rule twice – once for A River Runs Through It (the one with a silhouette of Brad Pitt), and a few weeks ago for Shutter Island (which, I’ll admit, I bought at the grocery store – I’ve really purchased books everywhere).
It also goes against my general beliefs that one should not read a book after seeing a movie, but after many years of wanting to do this and stopping myself I finally relented (it’s my own rule after all). I really like Dennis Lehane’s books and though I hate most Martin Scorsese films (yes, even the ones with Leo in them), I wanted to see this movie because the author himself said he really enjoyed it. After seeing it I was so intrigued by how it would play out in print form. It was an impulse buy at the checkout line, pure and simple.
So in the interest of alleviating some cognitive dissonance (how’s that for a psychological term?) I decided to change this rule too. My new rule: it’s acceptable to buy the movie version of the book – only if it’s a trade paperback.
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