Readings are integral part of the ceremony, but I really doubt you want to put them on your final video. Audio is usually poor; you may not be able to come close enough to get a good shot. If you are feeling that this is the case, talk the bride out of shooting entire readings. Instead offer to include a nice shot of the ceremony participants coming up to the podium and setting up for the reading. Then you can insert a transition shot: wide shot of all the guests, close up shots of close family, and, of course, bride and groom. After transition you may establish the next participant, and so on.
Keep in mind, if you have to shoot the entire reading, you will be limited in getting reaction shots I have just mentioned.
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