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Meet Your Book Club Host, Jules

📩Hi! I’m Julianne “Jules” Buonocore.

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I’m a former lawyer turned full-time book club host, helping you read like a Gilmore. I’ve read 1,000+ books in my life (100+ per year now!) and studied English lit. You might’ve seen me on The Today Show’s Read with Jenna Book Club, Buzzfeed, Reader’s Digest, The Atlantic, or in the book But I’m a Gilmore!, where I published an essay about our book club.

Here’s what I had to say about what it means to read like a Gilmore:

“Rory is [our] literary superhero. The kind whose habit is taking a book with her everywhere she goes. The kind whose boyfriend is willing to watch her browse bookstores for six or seven hours. The kind who even loves the smell of books.”

I live in suburban Philly with my husband and two cats. I’m into literary fiction, family sagas, simple living, Philly sports, and everything Trader Joe’s.

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The 2026 Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge is Here!

Jules @ Friday Night Readers

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December 3, 2025

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