Friday Night Readers

Friday Night Readers

Books From Gilmore Girls

🗺️Visiting Margaret Mitchell's House in Atlanta: Author of Gone With the Wind
Virtually visit the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta and explore where the iconic book and movie Gone With the Wind was written, including my travel…
 • Julianne Buonocore
❄️It Won't Always Be Winter, According to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
It's "always winter, but never Christmas" in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Here's why hope must remain on our coldest, darkest…
 • Julianne Buonocore
🍫Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the Exact Whimsy We Need in Our Reading Lives
“Whimsy” is trending, and one of the Gilmore Girls characters’ favorite books, Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, will set your reading…
 • Julianne Buonocore
Have Yourself a Merry Little Women Christmas
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott begins at Christmas and offers an array of old-fashioned American holiday inspiration to enjoy this time of year.
 • Julianne Buonocore
How Anne Frank’s Words Continue to Inspire the World
Anne Frank, a young woman wise beyond her years, shaped my own young reading life, and her lessons remain as relevant and important as ever.
 • Julianne Buonocore
The Powerful Truths The Glass Menagerie Reveals About Our Memories
Like the play, Rory Gilmore refers to her boyfriend Dean as her "gentleman caller" on Gilmore Girls. But, the memory of this phrase isn't so sweet to…
 • Julianne Buonocore
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Why Can't College Students Read Pride and Prejudice?
Rory Gilmore and even DEAN read it during high school on Gilmore Girls (1.8 "Love & War & Snow")! The rewatch podcast is linked and an essay with…
 • Julianne Buonocore
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What The Great Gatsby and Gilmore Girls Say About Love
Let's unpack the 5-star book about unrequited love I consider to be the "Great American Novel," and its iconic Gilmore Girls references.
 • Julianne Buonocore
Why the Gilmore Girls Love to Talk About Huck Finn
Let's unpack the banned book Hemingway said "[a]ll modern American literature comes from" and its iconic Gilmore Girls references.
 • Julianne Buonocore
Why The Bell Jar is the Perfect Gilmore Girls Read
Esther Greenwood and Rory Gilmore have more in common than it may seem, despite the half-century between their stories.
 • Julianne Buonocore
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