Another Monday Come

So last Friday I was in bed recovering from antibiotics.  But while I was doing my best to ignore the pain of a pill killing every last thing it could within me, I had a chance to read.  I happened to get through the last book of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy.  I have to admit that I am really blown away by his writing, and even though he doesn't do details all that well, his fight scenes and action scenes are absolutely lovely.  I also managed to get through the first book of the Divergent series, and I'll hopefully be able to compare it to the movie soon.  After reading Sanderson, Veronica Roth's writing seems a little lack-luster when it comes to fight scenes, but that doesn't mean that I didn't devour the book, either.  She, too, lacks a bit in the description department, but I find that her characters have some unexpected depth that I really like.  I haven't found myself cringing at the dialogue, and the idea of her strange, new world is really compelling.