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Okay. I'm in. Did you know there's a list on GR Listopia with Direction names in titles AND subtitles? I'm just not clever enough to post link here. My first choice is Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West.
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I'll look into the Listopeia. Thanks!
Finished first of four, East Lynne by Mrs Henry Wood.
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Great, Linda; East is done. Are you still planning to read Wounded Knee?
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Renee, For various reasons I'm not going to read Wounded Knee right now. Next year, probably. BTW, I recommend East Lynne. I think you would like it.
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There are definitely some books I can't read at certain times.
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I'm going to read East by West by Sir Henry W Lucy next. A British journalist/parliamentarian visits America and Japan. He wrote for Punch.
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She's the narrator! That's fun to know, Renee.
Finished East by West. Not a book I would recommend. A whole chapter devoted to population numbers in Japan. Arrgh. Still, I pushed on to get that second compass point. Two to go.
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Book 2: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Book 3: West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Book 4: The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South by E.B. White
Book 5: True North: A Memoir by Jill Ker Conway
Finished third point. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Derick Good book.
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Finished the fourth point! South and West: from a Notebook by Joan Didion. Great little book, just published.
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The Points of My Compass: Letters from the East, the West, the North, the South (other topics)True North: A Memoir (other topics)
West with the Night (other topics)
North and South (other topics)
Tales of the South Pacific (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
E.B. White (other topics)Jill Ker Conway (other topics)
Beryl Markham (other topics)
James A. Michener (other topics)
Elizabeth Gaskell (other topics)
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For example:
North: Northanger Abbey
East: The Witches of Eastwick
South: North and South
West: West with the Night
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West