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Week of August 25, 2011

This week's top 5 on the Indie Bestseller List are State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, Rules of Civility by Amor Towles and Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan.

Published Thursday, August 25, 2011 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 21,  2011).

August 26, 2011 - September 9, 2011

Here are reading recommendations with your comments and a rating of 1 to 5 stars for the contest period of August 26 - September 9.

Do you have “book guilt” about the books you have purchased and have not read?

August 26, 2011, 607 voters

What book do you feel most guilty about not having read?

August 26, 2011, 109 responses

August 26, 2011

It’s funny how anniversaries creep up on you. At the beginning of August, it’s always in the back of my head that Bookreporter.com’s anniversary is coming up, but suddenly August 27th is here! Once again this milestone has me counting my lucky stars that you all are reading and enjoying the site so I can continue reading and sharing books and authors with you. This celebration is just as much yours as it is ours.

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August 2011

We know this time of year can be tough for many of you, as you’re thinking about school supplies, class schedules, new teachers and homework. School is back in the swing of things for many of you, and others are gearing up for the school bell ring. So we’re hoping to take your minds off all this (at least for a little while) with this month’s update, which will give you many reasons to smile.

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August 2011

As a mom I know this is a tough time of year. You either have children already back in school or heading there in a couple of weeks. It means changed sleep schedules, trips to get school supplies, lots of paperwork and new teachers --- and homework. So we’re hoping to take your minds on something we all love --- books for your children to enjoy --- with this month’s update.

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August 25, 2011

Fifteen Years Measured By a Bottle

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The Book Report Network celebrates 15 years this weekend. And while I have a flood of memories that float through me when I think of this decade and a half, it’s hard for me to crystallize the excitement and joy that has come from building and running this company in a few paragraphs. Thus I asked Greg, my older son  --- who was just six when we launched the first site and has been working with us part-time for a few years now --- to write a piece from his perspective instead. Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.
Helen Schulman is the author of This Beautiful Life, which is about one family handling a crisis at a high school. It is also the latest Bookreporter.com Bets On pick. In this essay, courtesy of BookClubGirl.com, Helen discusses the process of writing her critically-acclaimed novel.