Below are links to some of the top media on which Julianne Buonocore and/or Friday Night Readers has been featured. It’s an honor and a privilege to work with such esteemed media outlets to promote literacy and reading.
For media inquiries and/or press-related matters, please email me at [email protected]. I’m always open to media collaborations, quotes, interviews, and press opportunities.
As Seen In
TV
I have appeared on The Today Show’s Read With Jenna book club.
I published the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls, which breaks down every episode of Gilmore Girls by the books referenced in it.
More Print
My essay about our book club was published in the book But I’m a Gilmore!
Podcasts
Bookum’s Creators Talk Podcast
A Court of Thorns and Podcasts
The Read Carpet Report Podcast
Talking Fast: A Gilmore Girls Podcast
Social Media
Web
Apartment Guide: 13 Expert Tips To Help You Create A Reading Nook You’ll Never Want To Leave Again
The Atlantic: Why Are People Weird About Only Children?
BestLife: How Does Kindle Unlimited Work? Experts Weigh in on How to Use Your Membership
BET (Black Entertainment Television): Low-Rise Jeans, Barbiecore, And Other Fashion Trends To Try Before Summer Is Over!
The Blast: President Obama Reveals His Favorite Reads for 2023!
Book Riot: Beach, Read! Best Summer Reading Programs 2022
Book Riot: What Will the Bookstore of the Future Look Like?
Buzzfeed: Bookstagrammers Are Sharing Some Of Their Fave Books, And Here’s Everything You Need To Know
The Charlotte Observer: A few pages a day keeps the doctor away: Reading is key to your health and happiness
Clockify: Importance of time management + 10 time management tips
The Cut: The Onyx Storm Ending, Explained: All the Leading Theories
Daily Mail: Inside the spiciest, raunchiest fantasy books that went viral on TikTok in 2024, from aliens to minotaurs
Daily Mail: Using Wales as backdrop for fairy porn novels is ‘patronising’ cultural appropriation, experts warn
Distractify: Think You Can Read Like Rory Gilmore? Check Out the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
Esquire: Behind the Scenes of Barack Obama’s Reading Lists
Everand: Expert Advice on Choosing the Right Book for Your Book Club
The Everygirl: 500+ Books Are Mentioned on ‘Gilmore Girls’ and People Are Reading Them All
Glamour: All of Colleen Hoover’s Books, Ranked in Order of Where to Start
Home & Gardens: How to store books in a small space – 8 tricks to maximize minimal space
HuffPost: 11 Bestselling Books And Where To Stay If You Loved Them
Make Writing Your Job: ✍️ “This schedule is the habit I swear by.”
Mashable: How Literary Fiction is Grappling with Modern Tech
Mental Floss: The 15 Best Stephen King Movies and TV Shows You Can Stream Right Now
Next Avenue: Should You Buy and Enjoy Books You May Never Read?
Parents: Popular BookTok Books Teens Are Reading and What Parents Should Know
Popsugar: How “Spicy” Books Helped Their Sex Lives
Reader’s Digest: 26 Best Cozy Mysteries to Curl Up with Right Now
Reader’s Digest: 15 Best Agatha Christie Books Every Mystery Lover Must Read
Reader’s Digest: 36 Must-Read Short Books You Can Finish in a Single Sitting
Reader’s Digest: The Complete List of Colleen Hoover Books, Ranked
Reader’s Digest: 15 Mystery Book Series That Keep Amateur Detectives Guessing
Reader’s Digest: 45 Dystopian Books That Will Change Your Worldview
Reader’s Digest: Our 15 Favorite Books by Judy Blume for Every Stage of Life
Reader’s Digest: 15 Best Magical Realism Books for a Touch of Enchantment
Reader’s Digest: 26 Books by Irish Authors Everyone Needs to Read
Reader’s Digest: 55 Best Christmas Books to Read Around the Holidays
Real Simple: The 5 Books That Got Me Out of a Reading Slump—and Kept Me Hooked
Scribd: 8 Hobbies That Start With a Good Book
Stylecaster: 11 Halloween Party Theme Ideas to Celebrate Spooky Season With
Teach Magazine: Librarians vs. Book Bans: In Defense of Literature
Today’s Parent: Free Books for Your Baby? Here’s Where to Get Them
Women.com: How To Cultivate The Best Questions For Your Book Club Discussion
Women’s Health: 6 Best Reading Lights, Tested By A Lifestyle Editor And Avid Readers
