Hooked on Books discussion

THE RUNAWAY READER CHALLENGE
♦ Inspired by the Runaway Teen Challenge from The Sims 4 ♦

A FEW HOUSE RULES

→ Standard Challenge Rules apply.
→ Books may not be double-dipped between scrounging phases and room prompts.
→ Books may not count for more than one room.
→ Scrounging reads must be completed before the next room phase unlocks — no skipping ahead to Build Mode early.
→ You can complete books within Homes in any order, but you must finish one home type, before moving on to the next.
→ No time limit. This is your lot. Build at your own pace.

🏰 Mansion — 24 reads total
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SCROUNGING
📍 Phase 1 — Survival Mode
You're new to this. You take what you can get. All three are required:
🎣 A book set near water or involving survival
One Last Breath by Lisa Jackson 7/8/26
🌱 A book about growth, nature, or starting over
Welcome, Caller, This Is Chloe by Shelley Coriell 8/16/26
💎 A book you've owned unread for one year or more
You Don't Know Me by Theo Baxter 7/9/26

📍 Phase 2 and beyond — You Know the Ropes
(Family Home and Mansion only — between room phases)
You've learned how to work the land. Pick any 3 of the following 6:
🌲 A book set in nature or the outdoors
📖 A book under 300 pages
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez 9/6/26
📦 A book you've owned unread for one year or more
Disclaimer by Renée Knight 9/9/26
🗣️ A book recommended by someone else
🔀 A book outside your most-read genre
1️⃣ A book with a one-word title
Sanctuary by Nora Roberts 9/5/26

🏰 MANSION (Hard tier only)
Scrounge again before continuing. Pick any 3 of 6 from the Phase 2 list.
🌲 A book set in nature or the outdoors
Tag, You're Dead by Kathryn Foxfield 9/25/26
📖 A book under 300 pages
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman 9/16/26
📦 A book you've owned unread for one year or more
🗣️ A book recommended by someone else
The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson 9/21/26
🔀 A book outside your most-read genre
1️⃣ A book with a one-word title

BUILD MODE — ROOM BY ROOM
Rooms unlock in order. You cannot skip ahead. Each room has a reading prompt — complete the required reads to furnish the room and unlock the next.

🏠 STARTER HOME (all tiers)
Every Sim needs the basics before anything else.
🚿 Bathroom
Finally somewhere to wash off the road.
→ A book you've been putting off
The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis 10/6/26
1 read

🍳 Kitchen
Your first real meal under your own roof.
→ A book involving food, community, or hospitality
Fall I Want by Lyra Parish 11/8/26
1 read