The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 8, Chapter 2: Closer

Welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy!

Previously we lost all of my progress due to corruption and had to start over again. Nothing of total importance was completely lost, we still have our Booker graves and our heir portraits and Eliot and Christie are still intact.

When we left the last chapter, Christie was about ready to pop her first gen 8 baby out!

Let’s continue to see who our potential heir or heiress could be!

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 8, Chapter 1: Ch-ch-changes!

Welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy! We are finally at generation 8!

A quick recap for everyone:

So, Yvonne Booker was our beloved founder and she married her college sweetheart, Andrea Benson. They had two daughters, Wynne (Diana Wynne Jones) and Austen (Jane Austen).

Austen was chosen as heiress and she married her high school sweetheart, Cherry Tan. Together they had four children: Bronte (The Bronte Sisters – Emily, Charlotte, Anne), Hardy (Thomas Hardy), Lawrence (D.H. Lawrence), and Atwood (Margaret Atwood).

Bronte and Atwood were tied at the heir poll and Bronte was ultimately chosen by me. Bronte ruled her generation singlehandedly, giving birth to Ellis (Bret Easton Ellis) and Shelley (Mary Shelley).

 I chose Shelley as heiress and she married her high school sweetheart, Heath Butler, and they had three children: Angelou (Maya Angelou), Morrison (Toni Morrison), and Baldwin (James Baldwin).

Baldwin won the heir poll, becoming the first male heir of the legacy! Baldwin married Serdar Shaikh, who he met at college, and they produced the first all-male generation – Dickens (Charles Dickens) and Wilde (Oscar Wilde). Unfortunately both Wilde and Dickens were face clones but Wilde won the heirship anyway.

Wilde married Lilly Do after having difficulty in finding a wife. Together, Wilde and Lilly brought another four Bookers into the legacy: Gaiman (Neil Gaiman), Eliot (George Eliot), Du Maurier (Daphne du Maurier), and Ryman (Geoff Ryman), the only alien to appear in the legacy so far.

Eliot won the heirship poll by a landslide and she married her college beau, Bruce Shweber. They had three children, Joyce (James Joyce), Alcott (Louisa May Alcott), and Christie (Agatha Christie).

Which brings us to this chapter, introducing Christie Booker and her fiancé, Blair Thorne, as they return back to the house to bring in generation 8. Are you ready?

Let’s go!

The Literal Booker Legacy - The College Years: Part 1, I Want You

Hello and welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy! Today's chapter title is brought to you by SHINee's 2018 hit, I Want You (The title track on one out of four albums they sold that year!!), not the Savage Garden song of the same name (which is actually my favourite song of all time LOLOL).

I've been on a SHINee binge lately, even listening to their newest album despite the fact it's still difficult to listen to them as a four. I've been listening to them whilst I sim and whilst I write and edit chapters, and edit photos. 

I still miss Jonghyun a lot. Ha. A lot.

Anyway, enough sadness, this chapter is nothing but light-hearted so let's enjoy!

I also hope you guys are staying safe during this pandemic.

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 7, Chapter 3: So Goodbye, Don't Cry, and Smile

Hello and welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy. Today's chapter title is taken from Jonghyun's OST song from City Hunter called So Goodbye.

I won't link it because just looking at the video on youtube brings me to tears but unfortunately, I was in a bit of a miserable mood writing this chapter, so the title alone should tell you about what happens in this chapter.

With that foreboding warning, let's get on with the chapter.

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 7, Chapter 2: And Then There Were Three...

Hello and welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy!!

I hope you are all staying safe through this outbreak! If you're self-isolating, try to keep yourself occupied to prevent stir-craziness! (Like in TS3 when your sims were in their houses too long? Man, I kinda miss that kinda thing about TS3, it's a shame the game's super buggy on my laptop ;;)

Previously: Eliot and Bruce became the next reigning couple and had a back-yard wedding. Immediately afterwards, Eliot discovered she was expecting their first child... Which turned out to be children as I am riddled with twins. She gave birth to a boy, Joyce (James Joyce) and Alcott (Louisa May Alcott).

When we left, Eliot was expecting her third and final child! Shall we continue with the story and see what happens this time?

Let's read on!

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 7, Chapter 1: For the Sake of It

Hello and welcome back to the Literal Booker Legacy!

Previously, Wilde and Lilly eloped after having a big argument. They then proceeded to have a happy marriage and brought three children into the legacy together: Gaiman, Eliot, and Du Maurier. Wilde was then abducted and brought in the fourth Booker of the generation: Ryman.

Eliot was voted heiress by popular vote and got engaged to her sweetheart, Bruce Schweber. 

Now, we begin Eliot and Bruce's reign of the legacy. Shall we see what happens?

Also, take note of how many times they argue over the whole generation. You'll be surprised (or not. You know what Eliot's like).

The Literal Booker Legacy - The College Years: Part 2, Unexpected Circumstances

Title is exactly what it says. 

Is the picture relevant? No, I just think it's really funny.

Hello and welcome back to the Literal Booker Legacy.

There's been a shakeup. And if you've been keeping up with the heir poll you'll know exactly what it is.

Well, I won't beat around the bush, let's go meet our winning Booker!

The Literal Booker Legacy - The College Years: Part 1, Is It Casual?

Hello and welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy! We are the college point, my friends! Nothing but unadulterated chaos. What can happen… will happen! Let’s see what unfolds, shall we?

Also this chapter’s title was taken from Doja Cat’s Casual.

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 6, Chapter 5: My Homeworld

Welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy, the legacy where I slowly start to lose my mind.

Previously: Wilde and Lilly got married in secret and brought twins into the world, Gaiman and Eliot, named after Neil Gaiman and George Eliot. They then brought another baby into the world, a girl called Du Maurier after Daphne du Maurier and then Wilde was abducted and impregnanted with the final boy, Ryman, named for Geoff Ryman. After which we lost Baldwin and Serdar, the first male heir and mlm (men loving men) pairing to rule the legacy.

Shall we continue the story to see how the family continues?

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 6, Chapter 4: Patience

Welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy where I am twenty-five and slowly going grey from these sims!

Previously, Serdar passed on and both Wilde and Lilly brought two more children into the generation: Lilly gave birth to a daughter, Du Maurier (named after Daphne du Maurier) and Wilde birthed an alien son called Ryman (after Geoff Ryman). This chapter will be full of trials and tribulations so let’s not mess around and start the chapter!

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 6, Chapter 3: Countless Reasons

Welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy! We’ve officially brought Generation six! *pulls party popper*

This chapter's title is taken from the SHINee song Countless. Give it a listen, it's beautiful and heartwarming and also a little emotional when you read the lyrics and put it against context but anyway... 

Previously, Wilde, named after Oscar Wilde, married his love, Lilly Do, on a secret getaway to the mountains and conceived their first two children, twins Gaiman and Eliot, named after Neil Gaiman and George Eliot.

I have unsuccessfully attempting to get Wilde abducted but have since resigned. Will there be an abduction this chapter or will there just be more sim babies? Let’s read on to find out!

The Literal Booker Legacy - Generation 6, Chapter 2: Double Trouble

Hello and welcome back to The Literal Booker Legacy!

Previously Wilde invited his belle to move into the main house but things quickly grew rocky between them. Lilly, fearing that Wilde was taking advantage of her meekness, confronted him and was treated to a romantic getaway – just the two of them. There, in the starlight of The Three Lakes, Wilde and Lilly said their vows and became the next couple to reign the Booker Legacy.

Lilly, now feeling a little queasy, likely from the food, has to deal with the egnimatic family that she is now a part of.