As Justice Sonia M. Sotomayor spoke at the Harold Washington Library Center to a crowd of about 800 adults and children, she shared how reading got her to the Supreme Court.She recalled her love of stories and characters and her tendency as a child to fall asleep underneath the covers with a good book.She also noted how reading got her through some of the more difficult times in her life, including the death of her father when she was in fourth grade.“I learned how to make books my friends,” she said.Even …