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Holly Willoughby divides fans with latest career announcement

The This Morning star took to Instagram


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Diane Shipley
Senior Online Writer
On 20 November 2022
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Holly Willoughby surprised her fans on Sunday when she revealed that she would be adding a new string to her bow – as a librarian of sorts!

Dressed in a cosy autumnal sweater, the This Morning co-host shared that she is going to be starting a list of book recommendations from herself and members of her online community Wylde Moon.

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In the video clip, Holly recalled that she had recently shared what she was reading with her fans.

She went on: "It was an excellent book and I shared it with you and you all went crazy about it… And quite organically you started to share other recommendations and it seems to have really struck a chord with you all.

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"It's funny because I'm not a natural reader, I didn't really enjoy reading when I was younger, it used to take me so long, I'd get really distracted…"

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The mum-of-three went on: "But as I get older I definitely find it's something I really like doing. It's something that seems to be a bit of time just for me. I don't do it enough… But I find that more and more it's just a really nice time to get lost and escape and switch off from actual reality.

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Holly launched Wylde Moon last year

"So we thought what a better way to do this than to create our own Wylde library which is over on the website… There will be loads of recommendations…

"I just feel it's a really lovely thing to do to share and enjoy and maybe you can have some of those moments yourself where you just get lost in someone else's world for a little bit… Happy reading!"

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The star is keeping busy!

Holly's followers differed in their reactions to the news, with one commenting: "I hate reading, I wish I didn't…" and another adding: "I'm going to try… When I'm at home… I can't seem to concentrate."

However, others were more enthusiastic, with one writing: "Love this," and another agreeing: "You can be absolutely free when you're reading a book".

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