The idea is delightfully simple: for 30 days, you post once a day in response to a book-themed question. That’s it. No essays, no footnotes, no need to summon the ghost of Shakespeare, just honest answers, curious reflections, and maybe a few cheeky confessions about your reading habits. I have decided to take part this year, and since I picked a month with 31 days (I know it would have made more sense to use a 30 day one) I am using March 1st to explain what I am doing.

Each day brings a new prompt: favourite characters, memorable endings, guilty pleasures, and the books that made you weep, rage, or fall in love with the written word. It’s a gentle nudge to celebrate your literary life, one post at a time.

So why not give it a go? Dust off your bookshelf, sharpen your wit, and join the challenge. Thirty days. Thirty questions. One slightly eccentric bookworm’s journey through the pages.

DAY 14. – Favourite book turned into a movie.

Yesterday, I answered that the book I’ve wanted to read the longest, but still haven’t, is Hackers. And yes, that’s entirely because I adored the gloriously chaotic 1995 movie. Neon, nonsense, and rollerblades, what’s not to love?

But here’s the rub: I haven’t actually read the book yet. So I feel like I can’t quite count it as my “favourite book turned into a movie”, not until I’ve cracked the spine and seen how the pages compare to the pixels.

So instead, I’ll go with the one that’s been with me since I was knee-high to a hobbit: The Lord of the Rings. Yes, I know it’s technically a trilogy (or a single epic in three bindings, depending on your level of Tolkienian pedantry), but it’s been a beloved companion since I was in single digits. I grew up wandering Middle-earth in my imagination long before Peter Jackson brought it to life on screen.

And what a job he did. The films are a triumph, sweeping, stirring, and surprisingly faithful to the spirit of the books. Even his Hobbit trilogy, for all its extra padding and cinematic stretching, still managed to charm me. I didn’t mind the added flourishes; they felt like a bard riffing on a familiar tune.

So there you have it. My favourite book turned into a movie, with a side note that Hackers is still waiting in the wings, neon jacket and all.