Smedries and their talents

So, last night I finished A Pound of Paper, which really wasn't quite as good as I expected, but there were some good bits.

I have now moved on to Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones, the other book I have checked out that I'm quite looking forward to (even if I live in the Hushlands). Even though I'm only a few pages into the story so far, I've already returned to much of the odd quirks of the story. One of my favorite parts are the talents the Smedries have - Alcatraz breaks things (like an airplane or the bathroom wall) and his grandfather arrives late to appointments (such and bullet wounds and disasters). Brandon Sanderson had lots of fun with this book (well, the whole series, really) and this allows the reader to do the same.