What’s a mashed potato book? For the average reader, that’s a nonsensical question, but listeners to Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay’s Books Unbound podcast will recognize the term immediately. It refers to books you are sure you’ll love, but you’ve put off reading—like leaving the mashed potatoes for last in your meal.
Mashed potato books include that classic you know will be an all-time favorite that is collecting dust on the shelf, the book you preordered six months in advance but have yet to crack the cover on, or the backlist of an author you’ve rated five stars once and never revisited.
Mashed Potato May is a readathon that encourages us to finally pick up those mashed potato books, whether you’ve been putting them off for months, years, or decades. Sometimes, the pressure of an anticipated book feels like too much. Or, it might be that you’ve been waiting for the “perfect moment” to finally read it. Whatever the reasoning, life is too short to not read the books we’re most excited about.
This readathon is an opportunity to upgrade your reading life, priorit...
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