In her Bustle feature headlined "How Being a Bookseller Can Change Your Reading Life Forever," Kerri Jarema admitted she "never planned on becoming a bookseller. In fact, it was the farthest thing from my mind until suddenly, there I was, handing in my resume.... I had always loved books, and bookstores, and so threw caution to the wind, walked in to one of my favorite shops, and applied. My on-a-lark retail stint would end up lasting almost three years and, in many ways, totally changing my life both as a reader and otherwise."
