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Friday Night Readers: A Gilmore Girls-Inspired Book Club Podcast

Podcast door Julianne Buonocore

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Friday Night Readers is a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls and hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, she breaks down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and helps you read, live, and write like Rory. Subscribe at FridayNightReaders.substack.com to get notified of new episodes and participate in a community that feels like Stars Hollow. fridaynightreaders.substack.com

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aflevering 🏖️10 Buzzy Beach Reads For Summer (Out of 1,000+ Read) + a Giveaway! artwork

🏖️10 Buzzy Beach Reads For Summer (Out of 1,000+ Read) + a Giveaway!

Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory. Listen to the podcast on: Substack [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friday-night-readers-gilmore-girls-inspired-book-club/id1867000524] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hSO6jQkCZ0xcZ5UUPmJ2V] | Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/86f8207d-153a-4f79-8619-0307be6f1530/friday-night-readers-pop-culture-rewatch-of-gilmore-girls] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders] Read the full post and subscribe to our book club community: Beach Reads [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/beach-reads-summer] Timestamps: 00:16 Meet the Expert Beach Reads Panel: Jules, and Kirsten and Jackie of Beyond the Bookends [https://www.beyondthebookends.com/], the Read Carpet Report podcast [https://www.beyondthebookends.com/read-carpet-report-podcast/], and Beach Reads Bonanza [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYA-4QgDqm4/?img_index=1] 04:51 American Fantasy [https://amzn.to/4tgDtj1] by Emma Straub 07:13 Go Gentle [https://amzn.to/3Pdwjhs] by Marie Semple 09:34 Strangers [https://amzn.to/42jrpTe] by Belle Burden 13:17 Summer State of Mind [https://amzn.to/3QKIa7r] by Kristy Woodson Harvey 16:19 Yesteryear [https://amzn.to/4uyJ3OX] by Caro Claire Burke (Jackie’s Yesteryear summary [https://www.beyondthebookends.com/summary-of-yesteryear/]) 20:54 More Beach Reads to Consider: The Summer of Songbirds [https://amzn.to/4dOqkJw] by Kristy Woodson Harvey, These Summer Storms [https://amzn.to/3Py811T] by Sarah MacLean, Man Overboard! [https://amzn.to/3PdVm4i] by Kathleen Rooney, The Shampoo Effect [https://amzn.to/4drp0uQ] by Jenny Jackson, and The Five-Star Weekend [https://amzn.to/49bXEaS] by Elin Hilderbrand Advertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact [https://fridaynightreaders.com/contact/]me. Follow: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightreaders/], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@fridaynightreaders], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/fridaynightreaders/], GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45876711-jules-friday-night-readers], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders], TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@fridaynightreaders], Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/fridaynightreaders/], X [https://x.com/fridayntreaders], Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/user/fridaynightreader/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/friday-night-readers/] Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

22 mei 2026 - 28 min
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🎓10 Books That Shaped Me: Inspired by Rory Gilmore's Graduation Speech

Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory. Listen to the podcast on: Substack [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friday-night-readers-gilmore-girls-inspired-book-club/id1867000524] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hSO6jQkCZ0xcZ5UUPmJ2V] | Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/86f8207d-153a-4f79-8619-0307be6f1530/friday-night-readers-pop-culture-rewatch-of-gilmore-girls] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders] Read the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community on Substack: Books That Shaped Me [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/books-shaped-me] Timestamps: 00:48 Rory Gilmore's graduation speech [https://fridaynightreaders.com/rory-gilmore-graduation-speech/] and literary guide to Rory Gilmore’s graduation speech [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYUvBYkDb_Y/?img_index=1] on Instagram 02:31 The Books That Shaped Me The Polar Express [https://amzn.to/4kk42jf] by Chris Van Allsburg The American Girl books [https://amzn.to/42YmfgA] The Baby-Sitters Club [https://amzn.to/4kf6He2] books by Ann M. Martin Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret [https://amzn.to/43xzDZd] by Judy Blume East of Eden [https://amzn.to/3YNSbBN] by John Steinbeck Harry Potter books [https://amzn.to/4eQGumK] by J.K. Rowling The Lovely Bones [https://amzn.to/44FhSYZ] by Alice Sebold My Brilliant Friend [https://amzn.to/4jYnbaU] by Elena Ferrante Breakfast at Tiffany’s [https://amzn.to/4usQmYY] by Truman Capote The Dutch House [https://amzn.to/42XL8sK] by Ann Patchett 08:18 What books shaped you? Advertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact me [https://fridaynightreaders.com/contact/]. Follow: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightreaders/], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@fridaynightreaders], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/fridaynightreaders/], GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45876711-jules-friday-night-readers], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders], TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@fridaynightreaders], Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/fridaynightreaders/], X [https://x.com/fridayntreaders], Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/user/fridaynightreader/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/friday-night-readers/] Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

19 mei 2026 - 9 min
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📚I Verified Every Book Rory Gilmore Actually Read out of 475+. Here's What I Found.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory. Listen to the podcast on: Substack [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friday-night-readers-gilmore-girls-inspired-book-club/id1867000524] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hSO6jQkCZ0xcZ5UUPmJ2V] | Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/86f8207d-153a-4f79-8619-0307be6f1530/friday-night-readers-pop-culture-rewatch-of-gilmore-girls] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders] Read the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: Books Rory Gilmore Read [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/books-rory-gilmore-read] Timestamps: 02:17 Rory Gilmore reading challenge [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-reading-challenge-2026]: books Rory read 03:57 Featured Book of the Month: A Room of One’s Own [https://amzn.to/2R1j5mz] by Virginia Woolf 08:36 10 Iconic Rory Gilmore Reads 16:36 Rory Gilmore’s graduation speech [https://fridaynightreaders.com/rory-gilmore-graduation-speech/] 19:36 All the Books Rory Actually Read on Gilmore Girls More links: list of Gilmore Girls books [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-reading-list] books on Gilmore Girls by episode [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/index-books-gilmore-girls-pdf] Atonement [https://fridaynightreaders.com/rory-gilmore-reading-list/atonement-ian-mcewan/] by Ian McEwan Howl and Other Poems [https://amzn.to/4mvNnvy] by Allen Ginsberg Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter [https://amzn.to/2YS4Q7H] by Simone de Beauvoir Mrs. Dalloway [https://amzn.to/4mOL7Ql] by Virginia Woolf Northanger Abbey [https://amzn.to/3jIZjZ4] by Jane Austen The Portable Dorothy Parker [https://amzn.to/3i3LAfd] by Dorothy Parker The Snows of Kilimanjaro [https://amzn.to/2GKOiII] by Ernest Hemingway Ulysses [https://amzn.to/2RmTGDX] by James Joyce The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath [https://amzn.to/33ktuiM] The Year of Magical Thinking [https://amzn.to/4mrL9x6] by Joan Didion Father of Rory Gilmore's baby [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-baby-father] Advertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact us [https://fridaynightreaders.com/contact/]. Follow: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightreaders/], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@fridaynightreaders], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/fridaynightreaders/], GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45876711-jules-friday-night-readers], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders], TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@fridaynightreaders], Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/fridaynightreaders/], X [https://x.com/fridayntreaders], Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/user/fridaynightreader/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/friday-night-readers/] Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

1 mei 2026 - 24 min
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📚101 Essential Classic Books to Read Like the Gilmore Girls

Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory. Listen to the podcast on: Substack [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friday-night-readers-gilmore-girls-inspired-book-club/id1867000524] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hSO6jQkCZ0xcZ5UUPmJ2V] | Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/86f8207d-153a-4f79-8619-0307be6f1530/friday-night-readers-pop-culture-rewatch-of-gilmore-girls] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders] Read the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: Classic Books on Gilmore Girls [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/classic-books-gilmore-girls] Timestamps: April reading prompt for our Rory Gilmore reading challenge [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-reading-challenge-2026] -- read a classic book from the Rory Gilmore reading list [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/rory-gilmore-reading-list] Featured Book of the Month: The Outsiders [https://fridaynightreaders.com/rory-gilmore-reading-list/the-outsiders-s-e-hinton/] by S.E. Hinton 10 More Classic Books to Read Like the [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/classic-books-spring]Gilmore Girls [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/classic-books-spring]This Spring [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/classic-books-spring] All the Classic Books on Gilmore Girls [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/classic-books-gilmore-girls] My pick: The Picture of Dorian Gray [https://amzn.to/3lSlAFH] by Oscar Wilde Advertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact us [https://fridaynightreaders.com/contact/]. Follow: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightreaders/], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@fridaynightreaders], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/fridaynightreaders/], GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45876711-jules-friday-night-readers], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders], TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@fridaynightreaders], Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/fridaynightreaders/], X [https://x.com/fridayntreaders], Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/user/fridaynightreader/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/friday-night-readers/] Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

3 apr 2026 - 30 min
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5 Coming of Age Books That Define What It Means to Grow Up

Welcome to Friday Night Readers. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books referenced on Gilmore Girls. Our little literary corner of the world helps you understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and live in a world of books like Rory. Life’s short; read fast! Listen to the podcast on: Substack [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/] | Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friday-night-readers-gilmore-girls-inspired-book-club/id1867000524] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/7hSO6jQkCZ0xcZ5UUPmJ2V] | Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/86f8207d-153a-4f79-8619-0307be6f1530/friday-night-readers-pop-culture-rewatch-of-gilmore-girls] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders] Read the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/coming-of-age-books [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/p/coming-of-age-books] Today, my local pal and fellow Gilmore Girls superfan Alli Hoff Kosik's debut novel, Too Blessed to Stress, releases! We recorded a conversation about the books’ coming-of-age themes, along with a few more Gilmore Girls books we both love on the topic. Links: Alli Hoff Kosik [https://allihoffkosik.com/] SSR Podcast [https://www.ssrpodcast.com/] Too Blessed to Stress [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893073] Follow Alli on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/ssrpod] Encyclopedia Brown [https://open.spotify.com/episode/5sdh95Z2MwB8D8Zjyp0nwR?si=e44b7c813f154dd4] BTS: TBTS (Behind the Scenes of Too Blessed to Stress) [https://shows.acast.com/bts-tbts-behind-the-scenes-of-too-blessed-to-stress] Jo Piazza [https://substack.com/profile/6021766-jo-piazza] Olivia Muenter [https://substack.com/profile/5935422-olivia-muenter] (Little One [https://go.shopmy.us/p-45595707]) (Such a Fun Age [https://amzn.to/4bkWfA1]) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893753] by Mark Twain James [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893672] by Percival Everet Huck Finn on Alli’s SSR Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6XdZacmblIscFZZB0Dif0q?si=-Px3OQaeTtWm6MXJf1CXdQ] The Catcher in the Rye [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893603] by J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye on Alli’s SSR Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/06Tinhw9YDUZLcqjUuvWJy?si=6ZOc3Xo9TfuLXbwjIet7bA] Deenie [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893523] by Judy Blume Deenie on Alli’s SSR Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1OR1fvBHVhh22Z2w4B1BJD?si=SvPd0cznSSa7qfKyLDjHQA] The Outsiders [https://go.shopmy.us/p-44893323] by S.E. Hinton “Nothing Gold Can Stay” [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148652/nothing-gold-can-stay-5c095cc5ab679] The Outsiders on Alli’s SSR Podcast [https://open.spotify.com/episode/26fypi1pUTO6qqM9xlCdC6?si=MWu8mwf_SgqjZRAnpxcp2w] Also find Alli here: Too Blessed to Stress events [https://allihoffkosik.com/too-blessed-to-stress-events] Timestamps: 00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y] Meet Allie Hoff Kosik 01:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=95s] Defining Coming of Age 03:40 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=220s] Coming of Age Beyond YA 06:06 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=366s] Gilmore Girls as Growth Story 10:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=631s] Lane and Faith Deconstruction 13:03 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=783s] Inside Two Blessed to Stress 14:24 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=864s] Writing Without Judgment 17:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1050s] Philly and Social Commentary 21:06 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1266s] Four Women Coming of Age 23:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1415s] Gilmore Girls Book List Begins 24:52 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1492s] Huck Finn on Gilmore Girls 26:28 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1588s] Coming of Age on the River 27:57 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1677s] Debating Great American Novel 29:43 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1783s] Rethinking Huck Through James 30:31 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1831s] Catcher in the Rye and Rory's Guys 32:29 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=1949s] Holden Then vs Now 34:34 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2074s] Deenie Judy Blume Deep Cut 35:46 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2146s] Banned Book and Body Talk 38:43 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2323s] Influencers as Modern Models 40:54 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2454s] The Outsiders Stay Gold 44:59 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2699s] Friendship Softness and Lessons 45:32 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2732s] Where to Find the Book 46:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rcbj5PpH3Y&t=2772s] Audiobook and Farewell Advertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact us [https://fridaynightreaders.com/contact/]. Follow: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fridaynightreaders/], Threads [https://www.threads.com/@fridaynightreaders], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/fridaynightreaders/], GoodReads [https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/45876711-jules-friday-night-readers], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@fridaynightreaders], TikTok [https://tiktok.com/@fridaynightreaders], Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/fridaynightreaders/], X [https://x.com/fridayntreaders], Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/user/fridaynightreader/], LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/friday-night-readers/] Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe [https://fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

3 mrt 2026 - 48 min
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