Emma Watson’s “Our Shared Shelf” a Success so far!

Emma Watson’s new feminist bookclub, Our Shared Shelf, is off to a very successful start. Since its inception last week, the bookclub currently boasts 82,102 members. Watson recently shared a Tweet of the bookclubs progress on Goodreads–not bad for having just started last week.

Loving this ‘update your progress’ situation on ‘Our Shared Shelf’ #motivatedpic.twitter.com/gxiqy4GehA

— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) January 12, 2016

The Wall Street Journal reports on Emma’s success, saying:

Emma Watson has started a feminist book club and in the four days since she announced it, more than 76,000 people have signed up. The first book: Gloria Steinem’smemoir, “My Life on the Road.”

She settled on the name, “Our Shared Shelf.” In an introduction on the club’s Goodreads page, she said she had started reading books and essays about gender equality as part of her work with UN Women.

“There is so much amazing stuff out there,” she wrote. “Funny, inspiring, sad, thought-provoking, empowering! I’ve been discovering so much that, at times, I’ve felt like my head was about to explode… I decided to start a Feminist book club, as I want to share what I’m learning and hear your thoughts, too.”

The club will read one book each month.

If you are interested in joining Emma Watson’s book club, add yourself to the Goodreads group.