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 23. – Best book you’ve read in the last 12 months.

There have been so many good books in the last year. Honestly, do you realise how many are sitting in the stack waiting to be chosen? Twelve months is a long time, and that is a lot of pages to sift through.

So what on earth do I pick?

All right. I am going with The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre. It was simply a delight to read. The fact that it is a graphic novel gives it a different flavour from the usual prose, and it leans beautifully into the chaotic charm of its main character. And yes, I am an unashamed Jester devotee.

Now, Ashley may be the best person in the world, but Laura creates the best characters, and Jester is absolutely her masterpiece. She is the perfect blend of mischief, heart, and unfiltered joy.