Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I always feel like somebody’s watching me/ And I have no privacy/ Woah, I always feel like somebody’s watching me

You by Caroline Kepnes

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I binged You on Netflix after reading an article about how Penn Badgley was imploring that young women stop romanticizing his character, Joe, and see him for the psychopath he is. You by Caroline Kepnes is the novel the first season of the TV show is based on, there is a sequel that the upcoming second season will cover, about a book store clerk named Joe Goldberg who develops an unhealthy obsession with a young woman, Beck, who comes into his shop. You didn’t walk in here for books, […]

“Whoever said running in the morning gives you energy never had a day job that involves customer service.”

You by Caroline Kepnes

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You was a bizarre reading experience for me. I had heard of the show on Netflix, and was sort of aware that it was based on a book. I think I knew that it was about a sociopathic stalker, but honestly, didn’t care to know any more than that. I didn’t think it was for me. And then. Well, I have this friend. She’s extraordinarily talented and has been getting some amazing jobs as a director recently. She’s been doing episodes of Queen Sugar, The […]

The Story of You

You by Caroline Kepnes

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“You” follows Joe Goldberg as he tells his love interest and eventual girlfriend (Guinevere Beck known as Beck) all about why he fell in love with her and how he has been doing his best to keep her safe from what Joe sees as negative outside influences. I found this to be a seriously creepy, and at times weirdly funny (in a dark way) book. I think that if  Caroline Kepnes had tried to tell this story via another medium (third person) it would not […]



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