diff --git a/commands/everyone.py b/commands/everyone.py
index 8c9af9c..e1cef8b 100755
--- a/commands/everyone.py
+++ b/commands/everyone.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from evennia.commands.default.muxcommand import MuxCommand
 from evennia.contrib.rpg.rpsystem import send_emote
 from evennia.utils import iter_to_str, logger
 
-from typeclasses.readables import find_book
 from typeclasses.characters import Character
 from utils.word_list import routput, paragraph, choices
 
@@ -277,6 +276,23 @@ class CmdRead(Command):
 
     key = "read"
 
+    def find_readable(self, searcher, readable_str):
+        targets = searcher.search(readable_str, quiet=True)
+        if not targets:
+            searcher.msg(f"You don't see {readable_str}.")
+            return None
+
+        label_targets = [t for t in targets if t.db.inside]
+
+        if len(label_targets) == 1:
+            return label_targets[0]
+
+        if len(label_targets) == 0:
+            searcher.msg(f"You can't find anything readable on {readable_str}.")
+        else:
+            searcher.msg(f"Too many things match, '{readable_str}'. "
+                         "Can you narrow it down with a title?")
+
     def func(self):
         """Return the 'inside' attribute."""
         target_str = self.args.strip()
@@ -284,7 +300,7 @@ class CmdRead(Command):
             self.caller.msg("Usage: |gread <object>|n")
             return
 
-        book = find_book(self.caller, target_str)
+        book = self.find_readable(self.caller, target_str)
         if book:
             self.caller.msg(book.db.inside)
 
@@ -358,7 +374,7 @@ class CmdDrink(Command):
         if len(containers) == 1:
             containers[0].do_drink(self.caller)
         elif len(containers) > 1:
-            self.caller.msg("You have two many things you can drink. "
+            self.caller.msg("You have too many things you can drink. "
                             "Which one do you want?")
         else:
             self.caller.msg("You have nothing to drink.")
diff --git a/typeclasses/readables.py b/typeclasses/readables.py
index 83d2e99..ef48058 100755
--- a/typeclasses/readables.py
+++ b/typeclasses/readables.py
@@ -66,22 +66,6 @@ BOOKS = {
     "The Wyrm in the Willows": "small dragon from the countryside who learns to cook without burning the meal first",
 }
 
-def find_book(searcher, readable_str):
-    targets = searcher.search(readable_str, quiet=True)
-    if targets == []:
-        searcher.msg(f"You can't find anything readable on {readable_str}.")
-        return None
-
-    label_targets = [t for t in targets if t.db.inside]
-
-    if len(label_targets) == 1:
-        return label_targets[0]
-
-    if len(label_targets) == 0:
-        searcher.msg(f"You can't find anything readable on {readable_str}.")
-    else:
-        searcher.msg(f"You can read too many things that match '{readable_str}'. Can you narrow it down with a title?")
-
 
 class CmdLookBook(Command):
     """