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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Aug 10

I finally got around to writing up my round up of July's books, although in fairness to me, there were 17 of them this time around! This month's featured authors are Kiley Roache, ‪Tom Cox (@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social), Justin Evans, and Anthea Simmons (@apricotfox.bsky.social).

What I Read in July 2025

July ended up being my best reading month of the year so far, with me reading a whopping 17 books somehow, despite also cramming two mini breaks into the month!

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jul 22

I recently posted my #MidYearFreakOut and forgot to promote it in any way! It includes books by @adamhigginbotham.bsky.social, @vermontgmg.bsky.social, @deannaraybourn.bsky.social, and so so many Star Wars authors! Plus Taylor Jenkins Reid, Suzanne Collins, Frank Herbert and many more.

The Mid-Year Freak Out 2025

The Mid-Year Freak Out book tag has been a staple in the book community for years now, and it’s one I look forward to joining in with every summer.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you find this service please share with the class because I tried on a variety of different jeans cuts the other week and every one of them looked utterly ridiculous on me so I slunk back to my millennial skinnies.

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Marc Hartzman @marchartzman.bsky.social · Jul 2

Happy #WorldUFODay! Celebrate with a copy of We Are Not Alone, published by @quirkbooks.bsky.social!
#ufos #aliens #extraterrestrials #uap

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jun 29

Ahhhhh, gotcha! Thanks for the reply and another amazing MG horror, think this is my favourite so far. 🖤

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jun 29

@delilahsdawson.bsky.social I finished the audiobook of Ride or Die the other day (loved it!) and I had one question. Is Brie’s full name Briseis? She mentions it’s short for something unusual and given her sister’s name it feels like it fits but I never caught a reveal of what it actually was.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm hosting another round of the super casual Jurassic Journey Readathon this July to celebrate the release of #JurassicWorld:Rebirth Come and have a look if you'd be interested in joining me. #Jura55icJourneyReadathon

The Jurassic Journey Readathon Part 2

A Readathon 65 Million Years in the Making...

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Jun 5

Just posted my May wrap up over on Substack. My three featured books for the month are The Temple House Vanishing by Rachel Donohue, We are Not Alone by @marchartzman.bsky.social, and Welcome to the United States of Anxiety by Jen Lancaster.

What I Read in May 2025

There’s not much in it, but May has ended up being my best reading month of the year so far, with 15 books read and the vast majority of those getting four-star or better ratings from me.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · May 21

I know I say this all the time, but here's me attempting to start writing regularly again. Today's posts includes books by @jayfeinman.bsky.social, @vermontgmg.bsky.social, and @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social amongst others. @dreamscape-media.bsky.social #booksky

Bet You Haven't Read This: Catching Up on My Recent Reading

Going forward, I plan to focus this newsletter more tightly onto books I’m not hearing anyone else talk about, and so those are the books I’ve chosen to include here.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · May 17

Spaced!!!

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · May 13

Has anyone in the UK managed to get hold of physical copies of Into the Light or A Valiant Vow yet? I've had them pre-ordered through Waterstones since last year and still no sign of them ever arriving. No direct stock on Amazon either. #StarWars #HighRepublic

Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · May 5

Spent some of the weekend cat sitting. Coco here making sure I make her food to her naturally high standards.

A cat sitting on a kitchen counter, peering around a cupboard so only its head is visible, and staring directly at the camera.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Apr 4

these tariffs were designed in consultation with my council of economic advisors

A screenshot from The X-Files showing the Cigarette Smoking Man standing in the middle of a room surrounded by other white men all wearing suits and looking at him.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Mar 31

If it’s to show off learning, not specifically music related, then we’d call it an assembly. You’d get a letter from the school saying something like, “we’d love it if you could join us for the Year 4 special assembly on Friday”. Concert would only be used specifically for a music performance.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Mar 31

Ok so Asda have fallen and are now selling their 5% mince beef in those revolting vacuum packs, are there any supermarkets left that haven't gone down that route?

Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Mar 12

I badly injured my leg at the start of Feb & have been largely stuck indoors for weeks, these books, games, & shows have helped keep me sane.

Featuring @wylmenmuir.bsky.social, @cavan.bsky.social, @djolder.bsky.social, @justinaireland.com, @rowancoleman.bsky.social, and @caulfieldtim.bsky.social

My Feb (and early March) in Stories

Or How Injuring My Leg Nearly Broke My Brain

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Mar 12

OMG! I need to make one of these for the season two premier!

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 27

I need there to be a “Lys Solay’s Guide to Creatures” book as part of the High Republic and I’m here offering to write it if anyone at Lucasfilm is listening! 😂

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 27

@billybragg.bsky.social Hi, just discovered your Roots, Radicals, & Rockers book today while searching for the Wild Five, bit of a shock seeing my uncle on the cover of a book! I’m putting together a bio of him as part of my genealogy research and it was one of my best finds. Thanks for that! 🥰

Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 24

Diane. 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.

A screen cap from Jurassic Park showing several characters sitting in a Jurassic Park branded jeep.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 15

I don’t feel like it fits the aesthetic at all. I’ve ordered the paperback with the original cover but sprayed edges and new end pages.

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 11

I think we need those two thousand to be sentences from the book. In the order they appear in the book. You know just, give us the book already!

Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 11

That pink Vader shirt is really something. 😳😂

Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 10

That’s amazing, 😄

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Sophie Brown @easyqueenie.bsky.social · Feb 9

😂 Literally everything. I maxed out all my stamina stats just to be able to carry more useless stuff out of dungeons.

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