House of Stairs

Hey everyone! Are you impressed? Two in a couple weeks of each other! Wow! Let's give Megan a round of applause! (insert golf applause). Well, thanks everyone! I have been working overtime, reading books like crazy, but the computer was always 'not working' whenever I was ready to work. It's like it knew I wanted to work on this blog, but finally, VICTORY IS MINE!! MWWHAHAHAHA! Oh, *Ahem*... Sorry about that... outburst there, I am just excited to finally work on this blog!

Moving on to the actual BOOK in question...

This is a rather interesting book I picked up in the library when searching for a good book to read. It is called House of Stairs, by William Sleator. It is a psychological, science-fiction book about five 16-year-old teenagers named Peter, Lola, Blossom, Abigail, and Oliver who are stuck in an area, which is neither a jail nor a hospital, made of stairs. The teenagers find that the stairs all lead back to one platform -- a platform with a strange machine which dictates how they must act if they are to receive food. But how far are they willing to go to get their food?


This book rather creeped me out, mainly because it is something that happened in the future, and since we don't know what will happen in the future, anything is possible. But it was also a really interesting concept, and don't forget the end, with the weird epilogue! But other than that, this is a great book for people who like sci-fi, psychological situations (ha, try saying that 10 times fast!), and a good read. Well, hope to see... erm... blog, again soon!
Megan