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Oct 30, 2009 Updated Nov 2, 2009

Mumford and Sons are following in Oprah's footsteps...by forming their own book club.

Lead vocalist Marcus Mumford has announced that the first book to be dissected by the club will be Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses, though he had considered kicking off with Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief.

Mumford cites self-improvement as one of the main reasons for the project, saying "I want to read more. I believe that you write what you read...so maybe all of our writing will improve."

You can oin the band on their journey of self improvement here

Source: NME.com external link

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Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums, mandolin), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, accordion, drums), Country Winston Marshall (vocals, banjo, dobro, guitar), and Ted Dwane (vocals, string bass, drums, guitar). Mumford & Sons formed in December 2007, emerging out of what some in the media labeled the "West London folk scene" with...

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