Lois Duncan apparently loved the movie version of Killing Mr Griffin & now I'm curious to check it out. She commented on it in the Jez article linked to above - along with some other great tidbits, a fun read.

Daughters of Eve stayed with me in ways most adult books never have. It’s amazing and scary and complex and sad.

I loved Lois Duncan books, and I’m sorry to hear about her passing. I did not know about her daughter, but has anyone else spent their afternoon reading that entire website and thinking how fucking nuts it all sounds? Like, I don’t think I’ve ever read something so insane. I don’t even know what to think. The only…

Because she didn’t just write from the teens’ perspective; she showed Mr. Griffin was a teacher with high standards who really wanted his students to learn, unlike “Dolly”, the other English teacher who just wanted to be pals with all her pupils and couldn’t care less if they knew a metaphor from a simile. But she…

SUMMER OF FEAR. She so captured that sinking feeling when you realize your parents can’t understand the danger you’re facing, that you’re really in this alone.

This makes me so sad. I have to believe reading her books as a tween/teen (probably too young tbh) triggered my fascination in true crime. Her hunt for her daughter’s killer was so fascinating and tragic. Check out her interview on the True Murder podcast (sound quality is not great). She talks in depth about her…

Daughters of Eve. Another amazing book.

All Time Best:

Scary X 10 when combined with chronic sleep paralysis. Seriously. That book got inside my head in ways few have. I know I am not alone on that one.

I LOVED her as a teenager. Perhaps I need a reread...

Was Stranger with my Face the one that involved astral projection? I remember re-reading that one a bunch as a kid.

I loved how those smelled. Read so many.

That’s awesome that she answered your post!

Oh man. I adore her books and read them over and over as a kid. I’m pretty sure she is the reason I started getting into true crime stuff which I’m still a huge fan of. Her responding to me on a jez post was one of the best things ever. She seemed like such a rad woman.

Lois Duncan, y’all, when I left Nancy Drew behind, I graduated to Lois Duncan. Summer of Fear and Locked on Time were everything.

HOLY FUCK I USED TO BUY HER BOOKS WITH BABYSITTING MONEY AT KMART!! She will be missed! I wish I could remember which ones I owned.

I love this. Do you think Trump even calls Christie “Christie”, or just “you”? I mean, the best would be if he just called him “Manservant” like the Venture Bros character, but I think even Christie would balk at that.

needs Trump’s voters to support his own reëlection in Arizona

Yes but we got this out that bullshit, so in the end it was worth it.

Listening to Carly Fiorina, tonight, I found myself pondering Donald Trump’s possible VP choice.