Extensive reading plays a critical role in creating an environment where teachers can nurture students’ motivation to love reading and in creating a safe haven for those who love reading. A closer look of two universities in East Java, Universitas Negeri Surabaya (UNESA) and Universitas Negeri Malang (UM) shows that they resemble in several ways. Both universities used to be teacher training institutes, have ER course in the curriculum, targeted freshmen, and subscribed to Xreading to support ER. This talk discusses the implementation of ER as a co-curricular program in UNESA and a curricular one in UM as well as the benefits and drawbacks of the different policies. This talk also discusses the implications of the ER programs in the two universities. Finally, the talk will be summarised with the suggestions for future studies.