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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Thanks!
If you don't want to be considered an arrogant elitist, you might consider not putting everyone who reads bestsellers into the "following the herd" category.
Things may not be good because they are popular, but they aren't bad because they're popular, either.
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I guess you were too busy finding things to get your shorts into a knot about to bother actually reading what I actually said (I know, it wasn't on the best-seller list, thus beneath you). My comment was not about people who read best-sellers, it was about those who ONLY read what NYT or Oprah have declared worthy so they can be just like everyone else.
I've got stuff on my shelves that hit the best-seller list, but that wasn't WHY I read it. I read it because I knew the author's work well enough to be sure it would be worthwhile, a friend whose tastes mesh well with mine suggested it, it looked interesting in a sales display, I ran across a favorable mention on a web forum/someone's Facebook/etc., and so on.
Let me guess, you take the NYT or Oprah as your reading guide and will not read that which your reading guide has not pronounced blessings on as "important", "meaningful", etc. Only explanation I can think of for the amount of energy you've poured into a defensive tizzy over some faceless online stranger expressing differing selection criteria.