script reading; scenario reading
Used in broadcasting, theater, or film for reading through a script or scenario aloud, often as a rehearsal or audition activity.
At today's script reading, the actors checked their lines.
Refers to a person who reads a lot; slightly informal and often used affectionately.
She's been a bookworm since she was little and is a regular at the library.
reading a book; reading books
General act of reading books; can be used as a noun for the activity itself.
I often spend my days off reading books.
Compound of 本 (book) and 読み (reading, from 読む). The derivation is straightforward; the word has been used since at least the Edo period.