'The first thing I wanted to do in 2018' says Sushant Singh Rajput who has launched 'The Book Club' on social media

If his social media accounts is anything to go by, one can gauge that Sushant Singh Rajput is an avid reader and regularly posts profound thoughts, quotes and poems over his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

In an attempt to further his love affair with the written word, the Gen-X star has created a book club over Twitter that runs with the handle, @intoxillectual.The talented actor had been mulling over assembling a forum for readers for a long time and thought the New Year as a fitting time for an auspicious start.  

Sushant took to Twitter and wrote, " The first thing I wanted to do in 2018 was to create and account where we could discuss/suggest great books and we all could share ideas.So here we go, it is The Book Club."

The first thing I wanted to do in 2018 was to create an account where we could discuss/suggest great books and we all could share ideas. So here we go, it is The book club, @intoxillectual (I coined it, sorry:)) . Feel free to join and share your great ideas pic.twitter.com/HI8IwqWf46

— Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) January 4, 2018

Sushant said, “This book club is open to anyone who is interested to join it. On the forum, we will discuss which books should be read, a timeline to finish them, and then share the takeaways. People could come up suggestions of other reads as well.”

Interestingly, the idea of coming up with a book club struck the actor when he was on vacation with his friends in Europe and quoting lines of one of his favourite books. Barely three days old, @intoxillectual has gained followers in thousands already. “I will handle it personally. It will see active participation and discussions by its members,” added Sushant.​

On work front the actor will be seen in 'Chanda Maama Door Ke' and 'Kedarnath' in 2018.