Chapter 13: Ariel Bissett on brag-worthy book hauls, brainwashing beasts, and building BookTube

<p>Do you remember the first person who introduced you to the love of reading?</p> <p>Was it a teacher? A parent? A friend? For me, it was my third-grade teacher. I remember on the first day of class we all gathered on this old, dusty green carpet and Mrs. Dorsman asked us all where we went that summer.</p> <p>“I went to Japan,” she began, with her eyes bugged open, “… and to Australia … and the waterfalls of South America … and to the Moon… and to Mars!”</p> <p>And then she looked around the room and dropped the final bomb.<...