Man, i have never heard the term summer sausage before.. I used to leave the casing on Chorizo when cooking it though.

I think they were probably confused with Mistborn for sure. I thought for some reason there were only 3 Stormlight books out, but you're right, there are 4 with the 5th next year.

I'm interested to see where he goes following a time skip etc, but I'll be sad to say goodbye to the current main characters.

300 year! Holy fuck. I Dunno how i feel about a shift to focusing on new characters, i like the ones he's set up in the first 2 books I've read so far.

Ah my bad, so book 5 next year should sort of finish the current story arc? And then a time skip and the next 5 books will focus on other characters (with some appearances form current characters)?

I started reading the Storm light Archive becuase I'd read someone say it was a complete trilogy. I didn't look further into it for fear of spoilers. And then came to discover it's not a trilogy, it's just that 3 books are out, one is due next year and he has 6 (!) more planned. And each of them is 1200 pages long. As much as I've loved it so far I doubt I'd have started it if I didn't know it wasn't complete. I'll likely have forgotten a lot of the story by the time the series progresses over the next 5 years and I don't really have the time to reread 1200 page long books.

I would really like to read ASOIAF but fuck doing that until it's finished.

It holds up so well. What a banger.

That's a fair point too really. I just guess there should be a middle grounds? Like if this kid is rushed through high school and college and gets to the end of it with degree's and things, like where was his opportunity to be a kid and unstressed and free to have more fun?

That's all i can think too. Like i bet he's found it fun to do, and hos parents are proud of him. But realistically, is he going to be happy to leave all his friend's behind? When will he eventually get to pursue a romantic relationship (if wanted) with a girl or boy his own age?

I remember watching a documentary a while ago about gofted kids and the vast majority of them smashed through high school on their larents suggestion and then absolutely burnt out after years if studying at a level appropriate to their capabilities. I dunno, i guess it's a weird line to try and navigate, but i hope the dude doesn't burn out and end up working a shitty job be cause of it

Why do kids like this get rushed through school? Surely they miss out on so much social learning and also have all the added pressure of feeling like they have to perform highly all the time? Why not just let them go through school at a normal pace? I don't get it.

I was like this for a long time and what really got me back into reading long books (currently reading the Stormlight Archive, 1000+ pages per book!) was reading some real "trash" to get back into reading. For me, it was reading a whole bunch of Michael Crichton books. I love his work, it's so dry and technical but more than that, they are silly with generally 2 dimensional characters, but have interesting plots and story beats and are generally really thrilling, but easy reading. I suppose you could say the same for Dan Brown books....

Honestly, reading Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Congo, Prey, Shphere etcetc got me back into reading in a big way and I really can't reccomend some "easy reading" enough to reignite your interest.

If you;re looking for a single authors works to get into as well, read the Discworld series, starting with Guards Guards!

I have this but only after i talk to someone with an accent for a long time, i will copy their inflections. I think I'm just an idiot though.

I like storng worldbuilding even if it's super dry, and then exciting action. Examples would be Jurassic Park which has super super dry technical sections that I really love, followed by fantastic action sequences that are well described. Also Brandon Sandersons Way of Kings is like this. Great action opening with good explanations of some of the magic systems, and then great (to me) dry world building.