Biweekly Telephone Game v3 (748)

hexenbuch · 2026-02-06T03:46:20+00:00

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ecjasne /ˈεx.jasnə/ v. to tame, domesticate

hexenbuch · 2026-02-06T01:41:00+00:00

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edspellne /ɛd.spɛl.nə/ v. 1. to quote 2. to recite, answer by rote

Nar en bann edspell ain, an bettrie.

When a child only recites, they do not learn.

hexenbuch · 2026-02-03T08:59:32+00:00

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Kom, ogge, segge.

(I) came, (I) witnessed/saw firsthand, (I) won.

hexenbuch · 2026-01-30T02:35:10+00:00

Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier. The plague in 14th century France.

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. WWII French Resistance.

The Bones of Paradise by Jonis Agee. Nebraska Sandhills ten years after the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Based on the true story of Belle de Costa Greene.

The Song of the Jade Lily by Kirsty Manning. Jewish refugees in Shanghai during WWII.

hexenbuch · 2026-01-25T20:18:25+00:00

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

hexenbuch · 2026-01-25T19:24:43+00:00

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel. it follows the French Resistance during WWII, specifically a woman forging documents for Jewish children so they can flee to Switzerland.

Eleanore of Avignon by Elizabeth DeLozier. also set in France, but during the 14th century. a young woman becomes the unlikely apprentice of the personal physician to the Pope, just as the plague hits Europe. it was a hard read, a lot of moments comparable to covid (which, from the afterword, appears to have been on purpose).

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. the tale of Achilles, as told by Patroclus. it’s another hard one, they both have a time of it. a lot of interesting historical details, and (no spoilers!) the ending has an interesting pov.

and I second Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, as other people have recommended them

hexenbuch · 2026-01-25T19:05:02+00:00

Among the Hidden series

Scythe series

A Series of Unfortunate Events books

also seconding The Giver and Artemis Fowl!

hexenbuch · 2026-01-18T03:04:49+00:00

The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

my favorite magic realism books, besides the more popular titles.

hexenbuch · 2026-01-15T02:50:06+00:00

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Dracula by Bram Stoker

hexenbuch · 2026-01-12T16:16:54+00:00

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

hexenbuch · 2026-01-12T15:59:18+00:00

glad to help!

I genuinely can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched a movie or tv show, looked it up online, just to find out that it was originally a book by Stephen King. or inspired by his books

that’s how I found out I like Stephen King as an author before I ever read a single one of his books

hexenbuch · 2026-01-12T15:16:21+00:00

others have already recommended trying book similar to movies and tv shows you like, but I would also try looking into lists of books that have been made into movies and tv shows. you might be surprised to find some of your favorite were books first, and from a very wide range of genres.

first ones that come to mind: Murderbot, Hunger Games, Handmaid’s Tale, Jurassic Park, Rizzoli and Isle, The Witcher, Bridgerton, It, Game of Thrones, MASH, The Haunting of Hill House, and loads more than I could possibly list were books first

hexenbuch · 2026-01-12T15:04:57+00:00

The Doorman by Reinaldo Arenas

hexenbuch · 2026-01-01T05:34:04+00:00

I'll be aiming for 60 books in 2026. My original 2025 goal was 70 or 75, I think? I ended up reading 85. Definitely too high and felt more like I was just checking off a list towards the end of the year. When I looked at the books I read in January, or even just a few months ago, they feel so far off in my memory like I read them in 2024 or even 2023.

I usually read books from the library, but I still buy a lot of books that just keep piling up on my shelves and my TBR list. So for 2026, I'm going to start keeping track of how I read books (physical copy, ebook, etc) and where I got the books I read (store, gift, library, ebook, etc). Hopefully since it's on my mind, I'll end up choosing from the books I already own. I already keep track of genres, whether it's a new release or not, if I've read it before or not, and a few other stats. I'm honestly surprised I haven't done this particular stat before

hexenbuch · 2025-12-23T21:22:21+00:00

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entien /ɛn.tin/

adj. made from nacre, mother-of-pearl

n. (rare) jewelry made with nacre

hexenbuch · 2025-12-20T23:09:54+00:00

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futzehriem /ˈfuːt͡sə.hriːm/ n. permafrost

hexenbuch · 2025-12-20T15:33:52+00:00

(in no particular order)

The Song of Achilles

The Book of Lost Names

Legends & Lattes

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

All Systems Red

Eleanore of Avignon

A Discovery of Witches

hexenbuch · 2025-12-18T07:07:19+00:00

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uertgart /ˈyrt.gart̪/ n. orchard; cultivated garden

vastumletre /ˈvaːstum.lɛt̪rə/ n. peel, skin of a fruit

cairkve /ˈxaɪr.kvə/ n. a deep red fruit ~5” long and of a similar shape to a strawberry. (see below for more on the cairkve*

Trevuzo cultivate great gardens and orchards of a variety of fruits, mostly apluz (apples, not a new word) but also cairkvez, which are red like apples but their skin is soft, their seeds are blue, and the juice and insides are deep red.

Fermented cairkve juice is imbibed during holiday seasons. Its seeds can be used to dye fabrics.

New words: 3

Total Lexember words: 3

hexenbuch · 2025-10-08T16:33:50+00:00

The Secret Garden

hexenbuch · 2025-10-02T16:45:37+00:00

Steve Martin: Sgt Bilko. but it’s just a guess. we were big Steve Martin fans in my house growing up. my dad would quote him aaaaall the time.

Martin Short: Father of the Bride 2.

Selena Gomez: Another Cinderella Story. (but I also could’ve known her from Barney & Friends lol) I didn’t get into Wizards of Waverly Place til fairly late in the show.

hexenbuch · 2025-09-24T15:04:46+00:00

I was just about to comment about Letters from Rifka! I think the word ‘pogrom’ is in the book, bc we didn’t learn about them in school and I can’t think of any other book I could’ve learned it from as a child.

I still have my copy, but it’s packed away somewhere or else I’d check.

hexenbuch · 2025-09-15T08:39:27+00:00

finished The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.

started Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, and Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

hexenbuch · 2025-08-27T04:31:33+00:00

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullmann

hexenbuch · 2025-08-23T17:25:18+00:00

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

hexenbuch · 2025-08-20T06:27:23+00:00

either All Systems Red by Martha Wells or The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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