Ashley Hasty

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Aspiring Author | Fashion Educator & Historian | Permanent Reader | Consultant's Wife | #BookBlogger #HastyBookList

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Author Interview with Rebe Huntman

2 months ago | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Author Interview - Rebe HuntmanAuthor of My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & MiracleA daughter’s search for her deceased mother brings her face to face with the gods, ghosts, and saints of Cuba. In this dazzling and lyrical debut memoir, the author reimagines the classic pilgrimage quest as she is drawn into the mysteries of the gods and saints of modern-day Cuba.
Books Publishing This Week: February

2 months ago | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

The mid-February morning greets you with a quiet stillness, the kind that makes you want to linger a little longer in the soft glow of a new day. Outside, the remnants of winter still cling to the landscape. Frost glistens on rooftops and bare tree branches, and patches of snow lie stubbornly in the shadows. But there’s a hint of something else in the air—a subtle promise of spring, still distant but beginning to whisper its way into the season.
Book Mail

2 months ago | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

How Isn't It Going by Delphine HorvilleurThe Good Boy by Stella HaywardPretty Girls Get Away with Murder by Brandi BradleyFirst-Time Caller by B.K. Borison (also listed in Romantic Books For Valentine's Day)The Love Lyric by Kristina ForestGate to Kagoshima by Poppy Kuroki (also listed in Books Set in Japan)We Are Made of Stars by Rochelle B.
Author Interview with Nancy Reddy

2 months ago | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Author Interview - Nancy ReddyAuthor of The Good Mother Myth: Unlearning Our Bad Ideas About How to Be a Good MomThe Good Mother Myth uses memoir, cultural criticism, and history of science to uncover the shoddy science beneath our bad ideas about how to be a good mom.
Books Publishing This Week

Jan 21, 2025 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

The pale winter sun hangs low in the sky on this mid-January afternoon, casting long, golden shadows across the room. Outside, the world is still wrapped in its seasonal hush—bare trees standing stark against a backdrop of soft gray clouds and patches of snow clinging stubbornly to the ground. The air feels crisp and sharp, but from inside your warm sanctuary, the chill is something you only observe, not endure. This is the perfect moment to begin a new book.
Books Set in Paris

Dec 11, 2024 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Books Set in ParisI want to note that I do not get paid to do these posts, I just love authors and the book industry. However, they do take time and energy to create. If you want to donate a few dollars to my coffee fund, which keeps this blog going, you can do so here: https://venmo.com/AshleyHasty or here: http://paypal.me/hastybooklist. Reading books set in diverse locations is a beautiful way to explore the world without stepping out of your front door.
Books Publishing This Week

Dec 10, 2024 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Books Publishing This Week: December 8 - 14I want to note that I do not get paid to do these posts, I just love authors and the book industry. However, they do take time and energy to create. If you want to donate a few dollars to my coffee fund, which keeps this blog going, you can do so here: https://venmo.com/AshleyHasty or here: http://paypal.me/hastybooklist. It's a mid-December day, and the air outside is crisp and cold, filled with the promise of winter.
Book Mail

Dec 9, 2024 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Book Mail: A Roundup of the Book Mail I Received Last Week“The world belongs to those who read.” — Rick Holland I want to note that I do not get paid to do these posts, I just love authors and the book industry. However, they do take time and energy to create. If you want to donate a few dollars to my coffee fund, which keeps this blog going, you can do so here: https://venmo.com/AshleyHasty or here: http://paypal.me/hastybooklist.
Author Interview with Ashley E. Sweeney

Dec 8, 2024 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Author Interview - Ashley E. SweeneyAuthor of The Irish GirlForced from her family home in western Ireland after an accusation of incest, thirteen-year-old Mary Agnes Coyne endures an arduous sea voyage alone across the Atlantic in the fall of 1886. WIth only a few pounds to her name and a letter to a parish priest in hand, she begins a new life in America.
Author Interview with Amelia Diane Coombs

Dec 7, 2024 | hastybooklist.com | Ashley Hasty

Author Interview - Amelia Diane CoombsAuthor of Drop Dead SistersThree sisters reunite on a family vacation and rekindle their relationship the only way they know how—by covering each other’s tracks in a real-life murder mystery not even they can figure out. Remi Finch has spent the better part of her adult life avoiding family—especially her sisters. They just don’t click. Besides, her unconventional upbringing and major anxiety have convinced Remi that she can’t build a relationship with anyone.