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Kennt ihr das? Eigentlich wollt ihr eure To-do-Liste abarbeiten (zum Beispiel das Social-Media-Büro aufräumen!), aber euer Hörbuch wird einfach zu spannend? 🎧📚

So könnte es euch auch mit »Ein guter Charakter« von Julie Orringer gehen. Anhören also auf eigene Gefahr! 🐕⚠️

Denn Orringer erzählt witzig und mit Pageturner-Qualitäten die Geschichte eines gestohlenen Manuskripts. Ganz nebenbei allerdings auch eine berührende queere Liebesgeschichte, das Groß- und Älterwerden der Charaktere und die besondere Verbindung aller mit einer außergewöhnlichen Hündin.

Das Buch wurde von Orringer zwar in verschiedenen Perspektiven geschrieben, aber eingesprochen wurde es von nur einer Stimme, die mit wahnsinniger Klarheit alle Erzählstränge zusammenbringt: Sprecherin Demet Fey haucht den Protagonist:innen von »Ein guter Charakter« Leben ein und macht das Erledigen der To-dos beim Hören definitiv noch schwerer.

Seid Ihr neugierig geworden? »Ein guter Charakter« findet ihr neben Harcover-Ausgabe und E-Book nun auch als Hörbuch! 🐕📚🎧

#eingutercharakter #julieorringer #lunaphoenixqueen #aufbauverlage #aufbauaudio

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Last evening I attended Julie Orringer’s event at Elliot Bay in celebration of her beautiful new novel, Luna, Phoenix, Queen. She spoke about the craft of writing — something that always validates my own writing experience. I told her about my experience reading The Invisible Bridge in Puerto Rico sixteen years ago, stuck in my hotel room (on my birthday!) as Hurricane Earl brushed up against the island. What a great memory.

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I just finished Julie Orringer's new book. It's beautiful. She's doing a conversation tomorrow at Elliott Bay Books, so if you're in Seattle, you (and your dog) should come!

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Thank you Julie Orringer and Anna Hogeland for visiting our store to talk about Julie’s new novel, luna, phoenix, queen. This book is also our First Editions Club pick for the month of November.

If you weren’t able to make it to the event, we have plenty of signed copies available for purchase either in store or online.

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📲📚 Recent NetGalley Additions 📚📲

It’s ARCtober and apparently I’m still adding NetGalley books to my shelf faster than I can read them. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Whether it’s accepting widgets or auto-approvals because I see great reviews, grabbing read now books, or requesting, I’ve been a teensy bit out of control these last few weeks!

Here’s what I’ve added lately:

Luna Phoenix Queen by @jorringer (out now) - thanks @aaknopf
Love Notes by @avawilderwrites (4/20/27) - thanks @dellromance
Sweet Pea by @kitdewaal (11/3/26) - thanks @stmartinspress
About Last Summer by @camillepagan (5/18/27) - thanks @dellromance
Upstate by @kimvanalkemade (10/27/26) - thanks @williammorrowbooks
The Sidekick by @laurahankin (4/20/27) - thanks @berkleyromance
The Cursed Diamond by @by_annarasche (11/3/26) - thanks @htp_hive @parkrowbooks
Proof of Progress by Elizabeth Castellano (out now) - thanks @harperbooks
When They Found Me by @carterwilsonauthor (11/10/26) - thanks @poisonedpenpress
Set Your Life on Fire by @maddiedaws (11/10/26) - thanks @amazonpublishing
The Librarian’s Guide to Espionage by @leagellerauthor (3/23/27) - thanks @stormbooks_co
Meet Me in the Future by @tanyaguerreroauthor (4/6/27) - thanks @dellromance

Have you read any of these or are any on your TBR? Or tell me a book you’d love to get your hands on an early copy of.

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Storytime: a long long time ago (like summer before junior year of college) I was the TA at a summer learning program for super smart high school students (@ctyjohnshopkins). I was assigned to work with a kind, smart, wonderful teacher who was a recent graduate of @theiowawriterswksp and working on her debut collection of short stories. She was the daughter of doctors (like me) and was ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL AUTHOR (not like me) and when she gave us sneak peeks into what she was working on - wow. You knew it was something special. @jorringer and I have stayed friends (thanks @Instagram!) all these years and I’m so excited to welcome her to Portland at the very best bookstore @powellsbooks where she’ll be reading from her latest novel. If you’re local come join me and if you’re not (why aren’t you here with me?) do yourself a favor and find her on her national book tour and buy all her books at your favorite local bookshop. So very excited to see you Julie and cannot wait to read your latest xoxo

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I stumbled upon this novel months ago while searching NetGalley and it was listed as a “Read Now.” I’m so glad I clicked because if I hadn’t I would have seriously missed out on this amazing experience. Thank you @aaknopf and @netgalley for the E-Arc.

Dava and Barr are a married couple, both academics. Dava is a respected English literature professor while Barr is a narcissistic creative writing professor, desperately searching for a novel to break through and launch his career into the stratosphere. Svetlana is a Russian Studies professor, also at the same college.

Dava and Barr are both unhappy. Barr is frustrated by his career and Dave is dissatisfied in her marriage. At a conterence, she turns to Svetlana for comfort and thus begins an epic love affair.

However as the years go by, Dava’s memory begins to falter and she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers disease.

As Dava tries to hold onto her semblance of her life, navigate the rocky terrain of her marriage, her love for Svetlana and for her two young sons, Milo and James, she secretly pens a novel, all jotted down feverishly on legal pads that she keeps hidden-or so she thinks.

Dava’s secrets-and all of her family and Svetlana’s secrets-are in danger of being exposed to the world.

And the most unlikely of all, a remarkable dog called Luna at the rescue shelter, just might lead everyone to the REAL truth.

This novel is told in multiple voices by Barr, Dava, Svetlana, Milo, James, and Evie, Barr’s research assistant. The variety of perspectives is amazing, a way to shine a light on the complexities of this remarkable story. It’s an also a genre-bending novel, equal parts mystery, family drama, romance, tragedy, and even thriller. The characters and their stories leap from the page and really resonate.

Luna, Phoenix, Queen reminds us of the important of telling our stories, of being known, of being loved, of being seen by those around us.

I need to shout this one from the rooftops because it needs to be shared.

READ IT! (I want to talk to someone about it lol).

QOTD: What’s a book you recommend that people MUST read?

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Thank you for the free books @aaknopf @ireadvintage @avonbooks

Does anyone else feel like October is going by much too fast? I wish we could hang on a little longer to these cool, crisp days. And there are so many books I was meaning to get to this month. 🫣

Today’s featured books include:

📖 Luna, Phoenix, Queen by Julie Oringer—this novel illuminates the power of storytelling and explores the terror of losing the ability to make sense of our world.

📖 Class Act: A Gentleman’s Guide to Dressing Well by John Berendt—this irreverent and essential style guide is full of surprising facts, unforgettable characters, and amusing anecdotes.

📖 Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas—set in Victorian England, this novel follows an extraordinary woman who builds the first all-woman bank, where women can manage their own money, after living at the edge of survival.

#ClassAct #LunaPhoenixQueen #QueenOfLombardStreet

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Julie Orringer joins us to talk about her new novel, Luna, Phoenix, Queen — along with choices, memory, her adopted dog, Hazel, and more on #pouredover.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

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Such an enjoyable event discussing LUNA PHOENIX QUEEN last nite. Julie’s former teacher (first grade!) Alan Medville, came to hear her & I took this little video of Julie describing that classroom she remembers so well today. Afterward, celebration with @jorringer @bjoannie & Lewis Hyde.

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I can’t really describe why I love this book so much. Yes, there’s a family drama, hidden love, literary theft and betrayal, the ravages caused by dementia, but there’s also a hint of magic in every not necessarily chronological section, not the least of which is the titular character, a Fairy Dog Mother that has literally risen from the ashes to stitch all the ragged characters back together 🐕 #whatimreading @jorringer @aaknopf

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Fall requires a great sweater and a great read - it’s a perfect time to order and start this weekend - try these:⁠
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- The In-Vest by Lisa Todd ⁠
- Return Chapters by @zibbyowens
- Whistler by Ann Patchett⁠ @parnassusbooks
- Luna, Phoenix Queen by Julie Orringer⁠ @jorringer
- Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason⁠
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