The Bloomsbury Street Hotel goes classic with its latest book of the month: Jane Eyre

I've written about the book club at the Bloomsbury Street Hotel before, for HotelChatter. It's not as daring or sexy as, say the (W)riters' Library at the W London, which has 100 books individually chosen and signed by famous authors, but it's a nice little project, and every little helps when it comes to culture in hotels. I do like that this is a project that's been going on a good couple of years, and hasn't fizzled out. And I also like that they're plugging it on their YouTube account. Shows dedication.

The book club, if you're new to it, isn't some cringey discussion group. The hotel chooses a book of the month and all guests are welcome to take a copy, to either read or take home with them. Then, for a bit of interactivity, the hotel uploads videos of readings of the books (called Book Bytes) on their YouTube channel.





All of which is a long-winded intro to say that this month's book is Jane Eyre, chosen to coincide with the release of the film (and because it's good, obviously). The woman reading the Book Byte is a little posh, tbh, but that's the joy of this book club - you don't have to make contact with anyone who irritates you. You can sit back quite morosely comfortably and take things at your own pace.