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I’m Stacey, a girl from London, England who blogs about life and books at prettybooks.co.uk and works in the book industry. Find out a little more and see what I’ve been reading.

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I’ve been buying loads of books lately, which is great as long as I read them all! 📚 Earlier this month, I visited @waterstoneshampstead and picked up a copy of #HelloWorld: How to Be Human in the Age of the Machine, all about algorithms. As a new thing in my 30s, I’ve challenged myself to read one non-fiction book each month, since I have quite a few but never get round to reading them. 📚 Do you have any favourites to recommend?
Happy 25th birthday, @westendlanebooks! 📚 @charlieinabook and I popped in for their birthday party tonight. It was great to see *so* many people turn up. After some cake and wine, we each picked a book. I have wanted to buy the sequel to @laurasteven’s The Exact Opposite of Okay for a while, so I’m happy to have a copy! Hooray for high street bookshops. 👏
I’ve had a lovely weekend so far! Yesterday @booksnest came to visit and we had brunch (shakshuka for me, pancakes for Beth), visited @gaysthewordbookshop, and @wellcomecollection. I need to plan more adventures with Beth and her boyfriend. We’d love to hang out with @lucythereader soon, too! 📚 Today I woke up suuuuuper late, but I dragged myself out of bed and to a local coffee shop (which has just had an amazing refurb and is so large and pretty). I’m having porridge, pastries and coffee for a 2pm brekkie, with a bit of blogging and reading. ☕️ (My book was #gifted by @usborneya).
I am so proud of my friend @lucythereader whose first book, The Paper & Hearts Society, will be out in the world on 13th June. It’s about books, friendship and anxiety. 💛 I’ve already read it and hope to write my review soon, but I thought it was *amazing* and can’t wait for everyone to join Tabby’s book club. 💛 Thank you @teambkmrk for my early proof copy! #gifted
My lovely colleagues at National Book Tokens & The Booksellers Association spoiled me ahead of my 30th birthday on Saturday! 🥳💛 Thanks especially to the bestest manager, @birdbywater, for arranging it all! I recommend the unicorn cake. Nom nom nom.
I went to see #FiveFeetApart at the cinema tonight after hearing about the adaptation at the recent @simonkidsuk blogger event. I *loved* it! Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse & Moisés Arias did an excellent job. I’ll definitely be watching it again. Now to read the book! 💛 (My copy of the book was #gifted to me at @simonkidsuk’s blogger event, but I paid for my cinema ticket!).
I’ve been feeling quite down for a couple of months now. Not for any one reason, but I can’t seem to shake it. ✏️ Today I took myself out to the @designmuseum which is somewhere I’ve wanted to go for a while - I particularly enjoy typography, illustration, marketing, and developments in technology. Tomorrow, I’m planning to go out for brunch and blog since I’m getting quite behind on my book reviews. ✏️ If you have any self care tips, that’d be really helpful. I’ve been trying to get out of the flat, make plans with friends, and next week I’m off to a spa as part of my birthday plans.
My reading slump seems to have passed, thankfully. I’ve read 6 books so far this month and surpassed 600 books read in my twenties! For my next read, I thought I’d pick up #ProudBook and finally check out all the wonderful short stories, poetry and art! 🌈

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