Uzo Aduba hopes to encourage reading with the "Netflix Book Club"

Uzo Aduba was chosen by Netflix to host the

, a program dedicated to literary news and more particularly to books that have been or will be the subject of a film or series adaptation.

The star of

 will therefore have the pleasure of commenting on these works, but also of following all the stages of their display.

" I like to read.

I like this concept, and not only because I want to present it but also because I want to read all these books, ”she told The

.

But above all, Uzo Aduba hopes that this show will be an opportunity to give viewers the desire to read at a time when reading influencers are all the rage across the Atlantic.

“They will realize the different intricacies that surround the characters, the atmosphere and the scenes.

We have seen stories stretching so far beyond how they were originally told, some being as little as 10 years old.

"

A fundamental trend

"I think that partly explains why we are seeing this resurgence, not only in adaptations, but also, hopefully, in the fact that people want to read," Uzo Aduba continued, noting that most of the programs at successes of recent years are adaptations of novels.

Moreover,

was taken from an eponymous book by Piper Kerman.

The first episode of the

 is already available on the Still Watching Netflix YouTube channel and concerns

, the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, the adaptation of which arrived on the streaming platform on November 10.

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