Emma Watson Leaves Maya Angelous' Books On London Subways; Find Out Why The 'Harry Potter' Actress Did It!

With the ongoing excitement and anticipation for the release of the live-action remake of the 1991 fantasy film 'Beauty and The Beast', Emma Watson has been busy lately with numerous projects and works. However, she has still allocated some of her precious time to give smiles to random subway passengers.

The UN Women Goodwill ambassador posted a picture of her standing on a subway station in London with books in hand captioning the photo: "I've been hiding copies of Mom & Me & Mom for@booksontheunderground on the tube today! See if you can find one tomorrow! ! #OurSharedShelf." According to an article from Time, the 26-year-old actress just launched her feminist book club "Our Shared Self" last January and now have over 37,000 members where meetings are conducted on their Goodreads group.

The 'Harry Potter' actress has explained the reason behind her book club saying she wanted to impart her knowledge about feminism, empower every woman and get them involved too. To be able to widen the reach of Watson's advocacy, she has partnered with the movement "Books on the Underground", a group of people who becomes "book fairies" for a day and leaves books in the tubes for every passenger to read and share afterwards.

In an article by Daily Mail, the "Books on the Underground" director Cordelia Oxley shared: 'The campaign with Emma Watson is perfect as it promotes her feminist book club Our Shared Shelf, and also reminds people to look around for a hidden book when they're on the tube! It was Emma's idea to be a Book Fairy for the day, and I think she did an amazing job."

Emma left 100 copies of Maya Angelous' Mom & Me & Mom memoir "Mom & Me & Mom" all over the subway system. On why she chose the book, Emma explained, "It discusses Angelou's relationship with her mother, and reveals the role that her mother - who abandoned Angelou as a child - had in her "evolution as a black woman, but also in her feminist perspective, her independence and self-awareness."