Challenge 3 of 2015: Around the World in 90 days!

[Gremlin]

**AROUND THE WORLD, IN 90 DAYS!!! (Or less)**




This second quarter challenge runs from July 1st to September 30th

To participate in this global challenge, you can take either of these two forms of travel planning:

OPTION ONE – Use a travel agent for an Easy Guided Tour

♦ Read 6 books that each take place in a different populated continent:
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia/Oceania
(if you’re able to find and read a book that takes place in Antarctica as well, then you win at life!)


OPTION TWO – Use your own cunning and your Frequent Flyer Miles
It takes almost 25,000 miles to fly around the world. How far can you travel in three months? Which of these types of travelers will you be?

Weekender - 6,250 miles
Sightseer - 12,500 miles
Jetsetter - 18,750 miles
Globetrotter - 25,000 miles

Mix and match (and duplicate) these methods of acquiring miles as you see fit! Just like in school, though - don't forget to show your math!
♦ Read a book with a picture of a map, famous landmark or mode of transportation on the cover:
1500 miles

♦ Read a book with any of the following root words in the title:
world, wander, trip, adventure, hotel, explore, tourist, bridge, travel, trip, culture
2,000 miles

♦ Read a book with a city name in the title:
1750 miles for a fictional city
2250 miles for a real-world city

♦ Read a book that takes place in a country other than the one you live in! (If you do this more than once, make sure that they are different countries):
2,500 miles

♦ Book that has been translated from a language that is not your native language:
3,000 miles

Details:
You may count 1 non-YA towards this challenge for every 6 books read (so if you read more than 6, you may count 2 non YAs; if you read more than 12, you may count 3 – and so on).

All of the books MUST be at least 150 (paper) pages in order to qualify for this challenge. If the kindle or eBook pages are different than the paper count, please check the paper page count on good reads to make sure it qualifies. If you are reading an ebook only book, the word count MUST be a minimum of 45,000.

Audio books are allowed, as always! But please make sure that the page count for the print-book counter-part is 150 pages.

Please list the title you’ve read, the option you’re working on, and the miles (if applicable) you’re claiming for each title you read. More info is better! If it takes place in a country outside of your own, tell us which country. If the cover has an image that you’re claiming, share the cover image :)

If a book could score miles for two reasons (say it takes place in a different country AND is a translation) you may only pick one category for it to represent. (I advise choosing the one worth the most points :P).

I'll be keeping track of participant’s progress (as much as possible) in post #2. Participants will be listed alphabetically by their name and the number of their original post in the challenge.

When posting your progress, please remember to use the number attached to your original post as well. (This will be especially useful to save me from mixing up folks with similar names).

[Gremlin]

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Traveled the world, one continent at a time:
Kdbrand

Globetrotters (25,000 miles)
Gabriella

Jetsetters (18,750 miles)
Gabriela
Gremlin
Jennifer
Fiorela
Kelly

Sightseers (12,500 miles)
Gremlin
Kelly
Christie
Fiorela
Diane
Gabriela
Jennifer
Barb

Weekenders (6,250 miles)
Barb
Gabriela
Gremlin
Christie
Fiorela
Diane
Anna
Laurel
Jennifer
Melanie
Kelly
Casey

Participants:
*Anna #31: Weekender Status Reached! 2,500 miles x 3 (diff country - Ethiopia, Ireland, and China) + 2,000 ("world" in title) = 9,500 miles

Anna (Yoda is my spirit animal) #34

**Barb #14: Sightseer Status Reached! 2,500 x 3 (India/Holland, England & Australia)+ 1,500 (mode of transport) + 1,500 (map on cover) + 2250 (city name) = 12,750 miles.

**Casey #15: Sightseer Status Reached! 1,500 miles (mode of transport - middle grade) + 2,500 x 2 (diff country: Romania & Prague) = 6,500 miles

*Christie #8: Weekender Status Reached! 2 x 1,500 (mode of transport) + 2,500 x 3 (diff country: Germany) + 3,000 (tranlation - ADULT) = 13,500 miles

Dany #19: 2,500 miles (diff country)

Day #28: 2,500 miles (diff country)

**Diane #5: Sightseer status reached! 2,250 (real city name) + 1,500 x 2(landmark & mode of transport) + 2,500 x 3 (diff country - Poland, Canada & Ireland) = 12,750 miles

Erika #9

***Fiorela #21: Jetsetter status reached! 1,500 miles (mode of transport) + 1,500 (map) + 1500 (landmark) + 1,750 (fictional city name) + 2250 (real city name) + 2,500 x 3 (diff country: Norway, India & US) + 3,000 (translation) = 19,000 miles

****Gabriela #10: GLOBETROTTER status reached!!! 2,500 miles x 6 (diff country: US, England, Malaysia, India, Australia & France - 1 adult) + 1,500 x 3 (mode of transport) + 3,000 x 2(Translations; 1 adult) + 1500 (map) = 27,000 miles!!!!!

***Gremlin #3: Jetsetter status achieved! 1,500 miles x 2 (mode of transport - 1 middle grade) + 4 x 2,500 (France, Russia, Canada, and India; 1 Adult) + 3,000 x 3 (translation) = 22,000 miles

Hillary #13: 1 (Australia)

***Jennifer #105: Jettsetter Status Reached! 2,500 miles x 6 (diff country - England, India, France, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands; One MG) + 2,250 (City) + 1,500 (Mode of Transport) = 18,750 miles

Jenny #12: 2,500 (diff country)

++Kdbrand #6: (Option 1) 6/6 Mission Complete! - Completed Continents: Asia, Australia, North America, Europe, Africa, and South America

***Kelly #7: Jetsetter status achieved! 2,500 miles x 8(Ethiopia, Australia, Egypt, Czech Republic, Morocco, England, Russia, and Italy) + 1,750 (fictional city) = 21,750 miles


*Laurel #100 – Weekender Status Reached! 2500 miles x 3 (Country - Iran, Romania, & UK), + 1500 (Mode of Transport - Adult) + 2000 (Root Word - Bridge) = 11,000 miles

*Melanie #11: Weekender Status Reached! 2,500 miles (different country) + 1,500 (Mode of transport) + 2,000 ("world" in title) + 3000 (translation) = 9,000 miles

R.A. #4: (Option 1) 3/6 - Completed Continents: Asia, North America, and Europe

Rachel #18

[Gremlin]

And I'm in, as usual - because I'm a glutton for challenge punishment :P Using Frequent Flyer Miles! (Because it's fun!).

Completed:


Read books taking place in the following countries: Russia, France, Canada, India

Current ideas:

Map, famous landmark, or Mode of transportation on the cover


Root words


Fictional City Name
(adult)

Real city name


Different Countries:


Translations

[R.A.]

I'm in. I'll update later with ideas.

Africa:
Asia:
Australia:
Europe:
North America: and lots of stuff. :)
South America:

Finished:
(Asia) (North America) (Europe)

[Diane]

I am in! Option 2 sightseer for sure but I am going to try for jet setter.

finished 7/5/2015- Statue of Liberty on cover -1500 miles
finished 7/6/2015 - City in Title - Monument Colorado - 2250 miles
finished 7/17/2015 Mode of transportation - 1,500 miles
Finished 8/22/2015 - Takes place in Ireland - 2,500 miles
Finished 9/6/2015 - Takes place in Poland - 2,500 miles
finished 9/15/2015 - another country - Canada - 2500 miles

[Kdbrand]

This sounds great! Count me in! I'm doing Option #1.
Finished: 6/6
--Asia
--Australia

--North America
--Europe
--Africa
--South America

[Kelly]

I'm in! By the way, if anyone is looking for an Antarctica book, A Stranger Thing takes place there. I read it earlier this year. :)

- 7/3 - takes place in Ethiopia (2,500 miles)
- 7/29 (adult) - fictional city in the title (1,750 miles)
- 8/1 - takes place in Australia (2,500 miles)
- 8/4 - takes place in Egypt (2,500 miles)
- 8/22 - takes place in England (2,500 miles)
- 8/23 - takes place in Czech Republic (2,500 miles)
- 9/10 - takes place in Morocco (2,500 miles)
- 9/26 - takes place in Italy (well, a large chunk anyway)
- 9/29 - takes place in Russia (2,500 miles)

Current miles: 21,750 (Jetsetter level)

[Christie]

I'm in. I will be doing option 2. I'm going to attempt to reach the Sightseer level. Here are some of my possible titles:

Map, Passport, Mode of transportation:


Root Words:
(adult) (adult) (adult)

City name:


Other country:
(England) (Germany) (Russia) (Israel)

Translation:
(adult)

Finished
+ + + (adult) + +
1500 miles + 2500 miles + 1500 miles + 3000 miles +2500 miles + 2500 miles = 13,500 miles total

[ErikaWasReading]

I'm in! I'll update later!

[Gabriela]

I'm in! With Frequent flyer miles, so let's see where it gets me :)

- Map, famous landmark, or Mode of transportation on the cover
By car
By boat
By bike
Map

- Set in a different country (I live in Uruguay BTW)
Set in the US
Set in England
Set in Malaysia (Adult)
Set in France
Set in India
Set in Australia

- Translation
From French (Adult)
From Portuguese

Completed: 12 books / 27,000 miles

[[deleted user]]

Im in! its Uni holidays :)

books with Maps, Passport or transport


Title with : World, Wander..ect


City in the Title


Different Country
-Rome -America -Japan - Paris

Translated from another language
- from German- set in India


Completed
-America 2500 miles
-1500 miles
- 2000 miles

[Jenny]

I'm in. Books to come.
I think I'm going the miles route, but I'm keeping track of continents just in case I inadvertently complete that one.

Maybes:
Other Countries-

Map/Landmark/Transport-
City Name in Title-
Translated-

Keyword-


Finished:
- 2500 mi - Other Country (Egypt) / Africa

[Hillary]

Im in.

Finished:
(YA Australia)

[Barb]

I'm in. I'll have to look for books and then decide which I'm going to do.

- finished, 2500 miles - India and Holland
- finished, 1500 miles - bus on the cover
- finished, 2500 miles, takes place in Australia
- finished, 1500 miles - map on the cover
- finished, 2500 miles (England)
finished, 2250 miles, city name in the title
12750 total!

Title with World, etc

[Casey]

I'm in. Going for Option 2 - Globetrotter

COmpleted: 6,500 pts

for mode of transportation, 1500 pts (MG)
based in Romania, 2,500 pts
other country Prague 2,500 pts

[Gremlin]

Casey wrote: "I'm in. NO idea what i"m doing. Can I start one and change my mind and use them for the other option if applicable?"

Yup! Absolutely! :)

[Gremlin]

Hey gang! I made a slight change to one of the goals in the "Frequent flyer" section.

For the cover-image hunt (which was supposed to be the easiest things to find) I swapped out "Passport" (<--- because it seemed near impossible to find any titles with a passport on the cover) and put in "famous landmarks."

If you're wondering what a famous landmark might be - just look at the image at the top of this challenge for ideas ;)

[Rachel]

I'm going to give this one a shot! My track record isn't the greatest and I have a big move coming up, but who knows? Maybe I'll surprise myself, lol

[Dany]

Im In and I think i actually completed one :p

Read a book that takes place in a country other than the one you live in! (If you do this more than once, make sure that they are different countries):

2,500 miles

[Christie]

I wanted to recommend some YA books for those brave souls who might be trying option 1:

Africa:
Asia:
Antarctica:
Australia:

I've read all of these and they are pretty good, so if you are looking for something for option 1 I definitely suggest these (haven't read any YA set in South America, but the book features a 19 year old protagonist and reads very much like YA. Its set mainly in Chile).

[Fiorela]

Hey all! I'm in, I'll be doing option 2, globetrotter all the way! I will research for the books though.

Translations


Map, famous landmark, or Mode of transportation on the cover


Real city name


Other countries
-Norway -Germany -India -Scotland -Australia -Japan

[Diane]

Finished #1 finished 7/6/2015 - City in Title - Monument Colorado - 2250 points

[Casey]

Fiorela wrote: "Hey all! I'm in, I'll be doing option 2, globetrotter all the way! I will research for the books though.

Translations


Map, famous landmark, or Mode of tra..."

Is based in Antartica?

[Gremlin]

Casey wrote: "Is based in Antartica?"

Hi Casey! A little research tells me that East actually takes place in 16th century Norway.

So, Europe - not Antarctica.

[Fiorela]

Casey wrote: "Fiorela wrote: "Hey all! I'm in, I'll be doing option 2, globetrotter all the way! I will research for the books though.

Translations


Map, famous landmark..."

Is based in Norway:)

[Gabriela]

I've finished the first one for 2500 miles, Set in a different country (US), and updated post #10.

Also, I had a question about the translations. My native language is Spanish but I read mostly in English, so a book that has been translated from English wouldn't count, would it? And for other languages, do I have to read the Spanish translations, or is it that as long as I don't read the original it's OK?

Thanks in advance!

[Hillary]

Not sure which option I am going with yet but...

Finished #1 (YA Australia)

Updated post #13

[Day]

Option 2:
♦ Read a book that takes place in a country other than the one you live in! (If you do this more than once, make sure that they are different countries):
2,500 miles

I just finished Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning! It takes place in Ireland!

[Gremlin]

Gabriela wrote: "Also, I had a question about the translations. My native language is Spanish but I read mostly in English, so a book that has been translated from English wouldn't count, would it? And for other languages, do I have to read the Spanish translations, or is it that as long as I don't read the original it's OK?"

Phew! That is a GREAT question, Gabriela! I would be willing to count one book that has been translated from English into Spanish for you (since Spanish is your native language).

As you're clearly bilingual in your reading abilities, it wouldn't matter to me what language you read other translations in SO LONG AS they were originally published in a language that is NOT Spanish or English. Does that make sense? Hopefully that opens up more possibilities for you!

[Gabriela]

Gremlin wrote: "Gabriela wrote: "Also, I had a question about the translations. My native language is Spanish but I read mostly in English, so a book that has been translated from English wouldn't count, would it?..."

¡¡Muchas gracias!! :) That clears up my doubts, but I'll try not to rely on the book originally written in English (it's called 'challenge' for a reason, right?)

[Anna]

I'm in for option 2 but I have a few questions. For the location of a book's setting does it have to be a majority of the book? I'm wondering about Cress specifically which takes place in Beijing, the Sahara Desert, and space. And since we have to use different countries are we not suppose to use the same root word more than once? For example, could I use World After and Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports and This Shattered World?

Other possibilities:
(non-YA)

COMPLETED:
- another country - China - 2500 pts
- root word - world - 2000 pts
- another country - Ethiopia - 2500 pts
- another country - Ireland - 2500 pts

Total points: 9500

[Gremlin]

Anna wrote: "I'm in for option 2 but I have a few questions. For the location of a book's setting does it have to be a majority of the book? I'm wondering about Cress specifically which takes ..."

Welcome to the challenge, Anna! And good questions.

#1 - When it comes to the different countries, I left that a little vague on purpose (to allow some flexibility to the readers) but my idea was that a large part of the book should take place in that country (like, preferably 50% or more). For instance, I don't think that I'd want to count The Fault in Our Stars as a book taking place in Amererdam, even though they take a trip there - because MOST of the book takes place in the US. Does that make sense? But really, I'm leaving it up to reader discretion (since I haven't read all of the books in the world and would have a hard time arguing the point on many of these). Honor code! :)

#2 - I think reusing the same root word is okay. But if you want to give yourself an extra challenge, then don't! Totally up to you.

[Christie]

Finished my first: for 1500 miles (Mode of Transportation on the cover). Updated post #8.

[Anna Kay]

I think I'm going to once again TRY to complete a challenge! I'm going for Option 2, and possibly Sightseer. Some possibilities:

Map, Famous landmark or Mode of Transportation On Cover



Root Words Title (world, wander, trip, adventure, hotel, explore, tourist, bridge, travel, culture)



City Name in Title



Takes place in a country other than the one you live in (more than once = different countries)



Translated from a language that is not your native language

[Casey]

I want to do option 1 but everything I want/have is either North America, Europe or Australia . Gotta keep looking.

[Barb]

Finished Just One Year. It takes place in several countries. But Holland and India mostly. 2500 miles!

Updated post 14

[Fiorela]

Post #21

Finished - Mode of transportation - 1500 miles

[Anna]

Thanks for the answers Gremlin.

I finished my 1st book - another country - China - 2500 pts

updated #31

[Christie]

Finished my 2nd . This takes place in a different country (England) so it adds 2500 miles to my 1500 miles for a total of 4000 miles. Updated post #8.

[[deleted user]]

Finished my first book - another country - America 2500miles

[Casey]

So I'm thinking about reading this for my next one, but is it actually based in Austrailia?

[[deleted user]]

Casey wrote: "So I'm thinking about reading this for my next one, but is it actually based in Austrailia?"

Im pretty sure its a fantasy land,
the author is just Aussy

[Diane]

Finished on July 5th - it didn't click that this book was a landmark with the statue of Liberty on the cover until just now. adding 1500 miles to my 2250 totaling 3750

[Gremlin]

Melanie wrote: "Im in! its Uni holidays :)

books with Maps, Passport or transport
...I dont know ig this is allowed but it does have a motel on the cover so thought it fit with the theme?"

Hi Melanie! Just noticed you're question there! I like you're creativity, but I'm afraid we can't count I'll Meet You There. I'm gonna have to be a stickler for the cover images requested - maps, landmarks, and modes of transport.

[Gremlin]

Diane wrote: "Finished on July 5th - it didn't click that this book was a landmark with the statue of Liberty on the cover until just now. adding 1500 miles to my 2250 totaling 3750"

Good one, Diane!

[[deleted user]]

Gremlin wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Im in! its Uni holidays :)

books with Maps, Passport or transport
...I dont know ig this is allo..."

ahh thats ok :) Ill find something

[Barb]

Finished a couple books while we were on vacation, and I've already updated post 14.

- I really liked it! More than I think I expected to.
- Loved this one. Cried so much through the last couple chapters.

[Kdbrand]

Life just keeps getting in the way of my reading time. :(
Finally finished #1 (Asia), and I think this should count as non-ya. It was originally written in Chinese, and reads more like a fairy-tale.

Updated post #6

[Diane]

Would a reread count for the challenge or do the books need to be first time reads?

[Gremlin]

Diane wrote: "Would a reread count for the challenge or do the books need to be first time reads?"

I'm totally fine with rereads!