I've been playing with Caleb Vatore (one of the pre-made vampires). I have found it is hard to get him to read the Vampire Tomes. They are skill books, as it raises vampire skill and powers. He gets bored if he has to read too much. I think Caleb might be different though as he is extremely hyper. I have to keep him busy all the time (night and day) because he rarely, if ever, sleeps.
One night I was trying to get him to read one. He would only read for a few minutes before he would put it on the floor and try to zip off to something else. I kept making him pick it back up and read it. After the third time, he picked up the book, held it up horizontally and started flapping it (open and closed), saying, "blab, blab, blab, blab", (in Simlish) over and over again. He was giggling and laughing the whole time.
I couldn't believe they programmed that into the game but it was hilarious. I thought, "C'mon Caleb, you're supposed to be reading the book, not playing with it!" Oh well, so much for skill books. I thought they were supposed to like to read. It doesn't appear that is always the case.
