Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

By far one of the most consistently surprising single authors story collections read so far this year. Bad Dirt ranges from a gritty realism to a magical realism that truly works. I loved this linked collection and Proulx has a truly Dickensian knack for character names. I have been meaning to read Proulx for awhile and was not disappointed. Will definitely be reading more.
#bestof2025

Lcsmcat She‘s a favorite of mine. If you want to stay out west try Close Range. But for something completely different, yet lots of fun, try

Accordion Crimes

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Tamra Close Range is fantastic! 1mo

Suet624 Shoot – I‘ve read a few of hers, but that was quite some time ago. You reminded me I should try finding more of her. 4w

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vivastory @Lcsmcat Accordion Crimes is high on my list. Hadn't heard of Close Range, thanks for the recommendation! 4w

vivastory @Tamra Adding to my TBR 🤘 4w

vivastory @Suet624 I loved her balance of outrage at environmental destruction with a sense of humor & all of the misfits in her work 4w

Suet624 Her misfits are definitely top notch. 3w

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vivastory

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

I currently have a few books going, which is very strange considering years ago I used to be a book monogamist.It seems that the past few years I've occasionally had to reset my current reads, hibernating all but one or two. The problem I have lately is my job. I strongly believe in the importance of it & advocate for it, but at the end of the day I don't have the energy to continue making headway in the Lethem chunkster of a (cont)

vivastory novel I started over the weekend when I was well-rested and had the whole day in front of me. It seems that due to work expectations, I'm finding myself more & more building my tbr around what I need to do. I'm not reading anything I have no interest in, but I've noticed that my reading habits have shifted significantly the past few years. I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this? I tagged the Proulx, bc short form work has been (CONT) (edited) 2mo

vivastory a lifesaver in terms of keeping my reading life alive: poetry, essays, manga and short stories have all been a significant part of my reading life the past few years. There were many days/weeks when I was too tired to sink into a Rushdie, Wharton, Baldwin novel but I could certainly read a bizarre volume of PTSD Radio/Blood on the Tracksor get an adrenaline shot of a Bradbury/Matheson story (edited) 2mo

monalyisha I used to be a one book at a time reader, too, but my habits have definitely changed! Right now I'm reading 4 (usually, it's more like 3): 1 novel (print), 1 book of poems (print), 1 that's apparently classified as self-help/philosophy (print), & 1 fantasy novel (audiobook). Commuting was the game-changer for me. Once I started listening to audiobooks regularly, the floodgates opened. I still won't read two printed novels at once. 2mo

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monalyisha I've also been gravitating towards nonfic this year -- way more than I normally do. I'm not sure if that has to do with my attention span or something else. It's been an overwhelming year thus far. 2mo

shortsarahrose I definitely have multiple books going and/or hibernated at a time. Some of it is that I sometimes read slowly but I get a lot of books from the library, so I don‘t finish them before they‘re due. So I return them and will later check them out again and cycle through several at a time this way. 2mo

shortsarahrose Also, I used to read a lot more nonfiction (especially 2016-22), but after taking a class on YA literature for my Masters in library science and then having a chronic illness flare up, I‘ve read more fiction, especially fantasy. 2mo

Reggie I‘m the opposite. I used to have a book stashed everywhere and juggled 3-5 at a time and now I refuse to read more than one at a time. And for the past year there I times I get home from work and sit in the car for like 15 minutes to decompress. It‘s crazy. I don‘t want to move for a while. 2mo

Branwen My reading habits have definitely changed over the years too! I used to set up a lot of reading lists and challenges, but now I'm solely a mood reader! 2mo

Centique Yes! I find I‘m struggling to read fiction or non fiction that is too close to contemporary concerns - i read enough news to need my other reading to be a break from that. So I‘m reading more historical (anything pre 2015 im counting!) and more sci fi I think. Short stories and rereads of MG books are appealing to me more too. 2mo

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DreesReads

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

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I enjoyed all of these stories, and listened without realizing this was volume two of three, though I‘m not sure it matters. I definitely want to start with volume one—on paper—and then possibly read this one on paper as well. I really missed having a Table of Contents. #shortstories

Lcsmcat You can read them in any order, and they‘re all good! 5y

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LaurenAsh

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

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Beach Read #1 #LitsyAtoZ #LetterP

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Lcsmcat

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

#shelfie #riotgrams @Liberty

LauraBrook 😍😍😍 8y

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MoonChild7

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

The power of having a love affair with A. Proulx is that she leads you to believe that you're the only one, you dismiss whole thoughts of there being countless others who've slept with the same book in their bed too.

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