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The Cheese Monkeys
The Cheese Monkeys | Chip Kidd
4 posts | 10 read | 4 to read
'Show me something I've never seen before and will never be able to forget - if you can do that, you can do anything.' It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skilful hand. Our narrator at State University (…more)
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sarahbellum
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Mehso-so

This book… started out very promising and then went sideways. I really enjoyed the majority of the first 200 pages: evocative descriptions of college life, interesting tidbits about art and design, solid teenage irreverence. Some dark, contradictory events unfurl (trigger warnings in comments) and the ending was just sleep deprived, rambling nonsense.
Ah well, my last #roll100 complete for July!

PuddleJumper That's great! 3y
sarahbellum Trigger warning: attempted rape, blood 3y
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kalinichta
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#signedsundays let's do it! I'll make my most unique signed book my initial signature show-off. Graphic designer Chip Kidd's first novel, and an enjoyable one, as I recall. And, of course, you're not going to have a book by a graphic designer without some visual treats, like the hidden messages on the fore-edge.

CherylDeFranceschi Very awesome! This book was fun. 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi
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Art school coming of age thru a Chip Kidd lens. #booktober #booksetatschool

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Gayan
The Cheese Monkeys | Chip Kidd
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For today's #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge I give you some #uglycover You're Welcome. 😂

Chessa Why do I want to read You Give Me a Pain, Elaine so much?!?!? 9y
CherylDeFranceschi There's just so much irony in picking a Chip Kidd book for ugly cover day! 9y
Soubhiville The cheese monkeys? Really? 9y
Soubhiville @Chessa I remember reading that in middle school! Haha! 😆 9y
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