After reading your post, I'm beginning to consider a career in teaching. Maybe because I can relate with you on the reading part.
'...the way words on a page become a world within itself, how a character can become a friend.'
That for me is one of the most interesting aspects of reading. You find yourself so engrossed in the book, you feel that you're almost part of it.
Thank you for your post. I'm going to resteem for others to read and follow for more
Thank you! I appreciate that. It's fun to have a captive audience to talk to about books- and it's even more fun that I get to assign independent reading and help them pick out books they might like! Prepping for standardized tests is.... less fun.