The story of Casey Careless.

Once upon a time there was two girls in a Bus. Ed. course. Little did they know they would impact each other’s lives in a large and unexpected way…It all started when my dumb computer stopped working and I was moved from sitting next to my friend to sitting next to Casey. We started talking as each assignment got harder. Eventually we came onto the subject of future goals. I told her I wanted to be an accountant and she told me she was going to be a tour guide thing. (I think, that’s what I got anyways) She also said she would travel the world. She asked me if I wanted to come with her, but I told her that I couldn’t considering at the time she would be living in mud huts in Australia, I probably would be very busy pretending to listen to a teacher talk to me about finances. Of course, she said it sounded very boring, and I told her it probably was. “You should really come with me! You will you know, when you realize how crappy that teacher is.” I thought about what she said, and I have come to the conclusion that eventually, when I’m not listening to that finance teacher talk, I will phone her up, and say “Casey, you were right, this teacher sucks, I’m coming to Australia to live in your mud hut.” So, in essence, I’ll give up on my futuristic goals, and end up living dirt poor in a mud hut, with Casey. Even as that sounds ridiculous to you, we will be very happy together.

Graceling - Kristin Cashore

This book is very well written, just enough description to give you an idea of the setting, but not too much to overwhelm you. There is interesting and very different characters, so it's not just the same personality over and over again. There's the main character Katsa, who has the ability to kill people very well. The book is about special people with "Graces" which is probably why the book is called Graceling. I really enjoyed this book, it's a great read. Although I think at some points it's too much nothingness, no story, just character building, for example, when they travel, it takes way too long to get to some places.