Source: visualnews.com via Meredith on Pinterest

I found this infographic on Pinterest a couple of days ago. As it says in the fine print, the top 10 were chosen by amount of books printed and sold. It’s not perfect obviously, but I also am pretty sure its fairly accurate just from common sense. I can check off The Bible (more or less), Harry Potter 1-7, The Da Vinci Code, The Diary of Anne Frank, and 1/4 of Gone with the Wind (yes, I gave up; I admit I found it boring). I own the Alchemist but have never gotten around to it, and I don’t think I’ll be reading Twilight any time soon. Furthermore, I have no idea what Think and Grow Rich is- is that a self help book or something? Thus, my list is really just The Alchemist, Lord of the Rings, and the Quotations from Chairman Mao.

It also got me thinking, though, about whether we read/ watch/ experience media “just” because it is very famous and everyone else has read it. A friend of mine always says that when things start to get really overly present in the world she starts to resist wanting to jump on the bandwagon. I am the opposite, I admit- the minute people start talking about something I want IN on the water cooler gossip!

Here are a few of the “trends” I’ve glommed onto in the past couple of months: Pinterest (yessss!!!), The Hunger Games (book), Girls, The Bachelor, maxi dresses, the “long bob” (which is now actually a short bob… its addicting…), Mad Men (again, at last!) Breaking Bad, Portlandia, Water for Elephants (book and movie), The Help (book), New Girl, etc…

Do you jump on the bandwagon when everybody is talking about something or do you resist it in the search for something more one-of-a-kind? What are some popular things you are glad you got into?

Meri