February - Spanning the Globe

[Megan]

Heather wrote: "Ok, having now read A Well-Tempered Heart which took me from New York to Burma - 12,966kms, I think I have way under set my target.
Please can I amend it from 25,000 to 50,000, tha..."

Updated!

[Megan]

Maddy wrote: "Ha!
I am in!
Duration : Feb 4 - Feb 28
Starting point : Riga, Latvia (in Europe)
-> Atlanta, GA, USA 7928.913 miles
When Hunter Meets Seeker (Read Feb 4)
=====================..."

Welcome to the challenge, Maddy! What is your ultimate goal for the month?

[Megan]

Anissa wrote: "Spanning The Globe
Duration: February 2017

I am in, for the goal listed below, as this sounds both different and fun.

Goal: 25,000 miles

Starting Point: Cheyenne, WY, USA

First Book: [book:The..."

Welcome to the challenge!

[Megan]

Kim. E. wrote: "This sounds really fun, so I'm going to try it and see how far I get. However, I have no understanding of mileage, so I may have to adjust as the month goes on.

Spanning The Globe

Duration: Febru..."

You're on the list!

[Megan]

Stephanie wrote: "I'd like to take part say 20,000 miles...."

You're on the list!

[Megan]

Everyone is updated to here! Thanks!

[Mell]

If in a book there is return travel, do I count the original location twice?

[Mie]

Update msg 19: 15,406 miles / 20,000

From last location: Congo River to
- London
- Cape Town
- Zambezi
✅ The Man in the Brown Suit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Carri]

If it's not too late I would like to join for 30,000 miles.

[Tania]

Updating message 43, Progress to date: 12,447/25,000

Previous Point: Boston, MA
Fourth book - Flash of Phantom Canyon by Agnes Ranney
Setting: Idaho
Trip Total: 2169

[Megan]

Melissa wrote: "If in a book there is return travel, do I count the original location twice?"

Sure, as long as it involves a major plot point.

[Megan]

Carri wrote: "If it's not too late I would like to join for 30,000 miles."

Not too late - welcome to the challenge!

[Megan]

Updated to here:)

[[deleted user]]

updated msg 49...

Previous Point - Botn, Iceland
Book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
(Earthly) Setting: London, England
Miles: 1177 miles
Total Distance so far: 15,083/26,219 miles

[Rina]

Melissa wrote: "If in a book there is return travel, do I count the original location twice?"

In the opening post, it specifically says you only count a location for each book once, even if they go back.

"- Use each setting in each book once; even if the characters travel back and forth, you can only count the setting for that book one time"

:)

[Rina]

I'll give it a go. Going to start with a goal of 40K miles, I think.


Starting Point: Albuquerque, NM, USA

First book: Ink and Bone
- London, England (4995.6 m) to
- Alexandria, Egypt (3631.0 m) to
- Oxford, England (3702.8 m) to
- Cahors, France (706.0 m)
Total: 13,035.4

[[deleted user]]

Updated (again today) to msg. 49...

Previous Point - London, England
Book: Sea Cows, Shamans, and Scurvy: Alaska's First Naturalist: Georg Wilhelm Steller by Ann Arnold
Settings:
London, UK - Halle, Germany = 520 miles
Halle, Germany - St. Petersburg, Russia = 918 miles
St. Petersburg, Russia - okhotsk, russia = 3445 miles
Okhotsk, Russia - Bolsherechye, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia = 772 miles
Bolsherechye, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia - Kayak Island, Alaska = 2156 miles
Total Distance for the book: 7811 miles total

Total Distance so far: 22,894/26,219 miles

[[deleted user]]

Megan wrote: "Rosa wrote: "thanks, Megan, I'm counting my miles in my original post"

Good! If you could put the total miles covered in your updates, that would assist me in keeping the participants list up-to-d..."

oh, sorry, I didn't realize you do this.

Of course I will post my miles with the next updates :)

[Meghan L]

I've reached my goal, so would like to increase it to 26,219 miles, from 15,000. Thanks!

Starting in Cazenovia, NY.
First Book:
Crime and Poetry
-Niagara Falls, NY (160.5)
Total miles travelled: 160.5

From Niagara Falls, NY
Second Book:
Run for your wife: A new comedy
-London, UK (3564)
Total miles traveled: 3724.5

From London, UK
Third Book:
The Martian
-Houston, TX (4854)
-Pasadena, CA (1367.5)
Total miles traveled: 9946

From Pasadena, CA
Fourth Book:
PersuasionPersuasion
-Somersetshire, England (5354.5)
-Lyme Regis, England (22.5)
-Bath, England (29)
Total miles traveled: 15,352

[Marissa]

Update to Message #20

Starting Point: Boston, MA
First Book: My Sister's Grave (02.03.17)
- Seattle, WA (2,489)
Total Miles Traveled: 2,489 miles

From: Seattle, WA
Second Book: What Alice Forgot (02/06/17)
- Sydney, Australia (7,757)
Total Miles Traveled: 10,246 miles

From: Sydney, Australia
Third Book: Into the Wild (02.06.17)
- Mt. McKinley, AK (7,418)
Total Miles Traveled: 17,664 miles

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #4.

***COMPLETE***

Starting point: Ontario, Canada
First book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
↳ Toronto, Canada (465 miles)
↳ Pondicherry, India (8,455 miles)
↳ Pacific Ocean (10,787 miles)
↳ Tomatlan, Mexico (2,380 miles)
Total miles traveled: 22,087 miles

Starting point: Tomatlan, Mexico
Second book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 02/02/2017 ★★★☆☆
↳ England, U.K. (5,732 miles)
Total miles traveled: 27,819 miles

Starting point: England, U.K.
Third book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman 02/07/2017 ★★★★★
↳ San Francisco, U.S. (5,315 miles)
Total miles traveled: 33,134 miles

33,134 miles / 30,000 miles

[Mell]

Well, it's only been a week and I surpassed my goal, so now I am just interested to see how far I go in total :)

Completed: 62,374/50,000 (124%)

Starting point: Melbourne, Australia
The Sign of Four
London, England - 10,496 mi
The Yellow Wallpaper
California, USA (assumed location) - 5,318 mi
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Scotland - 4,964 mi
The Rosie Project
Melbourne, Australia - 10,519 mi
New York, USA - 10,359 mi
Melbourne, Australia - 10,359 mi
New York, USA - 10,359 mi

[Megan]

Klynn wrote: "I'll give it a go. Going to start with a goal of 40K miles, I think.


Starting Point: Albuquerque, NM, USA

First book: Ink and Bone
- London, England (4995.6 m) to
- Alexandria, E..."

Welcome to the challenge!

[Megan]

Rosa wrote: "Megan wrote: "Rosa wrote: "thanks, Megan, I'm counting my miles in my original post"

Good! If you could put the total miles covered in your updates, that would assist me in keeping the participant..."

Thanks!

[Megan]

Meghan wrote: "I've reached my goal, so would like to increase it to 26,219 miles, from 15,000. Thanks!

Starting in Cazenovia, NY.
First Book:
Crime and Poetry
-Niagara Falls, NY (160.5)
Total mi..."

Updated - good job!

[Megan]

Anna wrote: "Update to message #4.

***COMPLETE***

Starting point: Ontario, Canada
First book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
↳ Toronto, Canada (465 miles)
↳ Pondicherry, I..."

Congrats!

[Megan]

Melissa wrote: "Well, it's only been a week and I surpassed my goal, so now I am just interested to see how far I go in total :)

Completed: 62,374/50,000 (124%)

Starting point: Melbourne, Australia
[book:The Sig..."

Great job! You are also the first to span the globe twice!

[Megan]

Updated to here!

[Christy]

My goal is 25,000 miles

Starting point: Philadelphia, PA
First book: Black Wave
- San Francisco, CA (2520 miles)
- Los Angeles, CA (348 miles)
Total miles traveled: 2868

Second Book: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
-From LA, CA to Nazareth, Israel (7523)
-From Nazareth to Galilee (19)
-From Galilee to Jerusalem (55)
Miles traveled in book 2: 7597

Miles traveled as of 2/3: 10,465

Third Book: Homegoing
- From Jerusalem to Cape Coast Castle, Central Ghana (2995)
- Cape Coast Castle, Ghana to Tuscumbia, Alabama (5824)
- Tuscumbia, Alabama to Baltimore, MD (688)
- Baltimore, MD to Birmingham, Alabama (693)
- Birmingham, Alabama to Harlem, NY (868)
- Harlem, NY to Palo Alto, CA (2564)
Miles traveled in book 3: 13,632

Miles traveled as of 2/7: 24,097/ 25,000

[Cheri]

Update: total miles 63,977

Both my books have had lots of different locations! I think I won't increase my goal again, but I will just keep updating my total. I'm really curious how many miles I'll accumulate!

Second book: The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (4 stars)

Starting from last book's final place (Benghazi):
--New York City, USA 5014
--Amsterdam, Holland 3646
--Sydney, Australia 10,353
Miles this book: 19,013 this book
2 book total: 63,977

[Heather]

Finished The Night Stalker

This took me from Burma back to Los Angeles - 12,808kms

My current Total 33,774/50,000km

[Mie]

Update msg 19: 21,241 / 20,000 - COMPLETE ✔️
Last location: Zambezi to
- London to
- Nice
✅ The Mystery of the Blue Train ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As my next books are Fantasy, they don't really fit this challenge, so my journey ends here, unfortunately - but it was FUN :-)

[Tanise]

Last location: New Orleans, LA, USA

Second book: The Exorcist
- Mossul, Iraq: 6,950.788 miles
- Washington, DC, USA: 5,999.042 miles

Total miles traveled: 18,826.195

I've reached my goal (totally forgot that Exorcist started in Iraq). Megan, can I update my goal to 30,000 miles?

[Amanda]

updated message 14
7464/30,000

First Book: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Starting Point: Washington, D.C.
→ Sequim, WA: 2359
→ Seattle, WA: 48
→ Berlin, Germany (actually Grünau): 5057
Total Trip: 7464

[Mell]

Megan wrote: "Great job! You are also the first to span the globe twice! "

Wow! I had no idea!

Still so much reading for the month - this is fun!

[Megan]

Cheri wrote: "Update: total miles 63,977

Both my books have had lots of different locations! I think I won't increase my goal again, but I will just keep updating my total. I'm really curious how many miles I'l..."

Congrats on smashing your challenge!

[Megan]

Mie wrote: "Update msg 19: 21,241 / 20,000 - COMPLETE ✔️
Last location: Zambezi to
- London to
- Nice
✅ The Mystery of the Blue Train ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As my next books are Fantasy, they don't really fi..."

Congratulations!

[Megan]

Tanise wrote: "Last location: New Orleans, LA, USA

Second book: The Exorcist
- Mossul, Iraq: 6,950.788 miles
- Washington, DC, USA: 5,999.042 miles

Total miles traveled: 18,826.195

I've reached m..."

Absolutely, you're updated!

[Megan]

Melissa wrote: "Megan wrote: "Great job! You are also the first to span the globe twice! "

Wow! I had no idea!

Still so much reading for the month - this is fun!"

I'm glad you're enjoying the challenge:)

[Megan]

Updated to here:)

[Tania]

Updating message 43, Progress to date: 15,231/25,000

Previous Point: Idaho
Fifth book - Blood of Brothers: Life and War in Nicaragua by Stephen Kinzer
Setting: Managua, Nicaragua
Trip Total: 2784

[Nik]

[3,333/30K] (OM 33)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2017.02.07, ★★★★★)
- Mount Laurel, NJ, US to West Country, UK

Travelled so far: 3,333/30K miles

[Megan]

Updated to here!

[[deleted user]]

Last night finished book completed my challenge, this morning's finished book added more mileage (will not adjust my challenge but will keep it going to see how much I underestimated my travel distance lol).

Msg. 49 updated...

2/7/17
Previous Point - Kayak Island, Alaska
Book: Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Settings: London, England (for a lack of a better location other than the Midlands)
Total Distance for the book: 4489 miles
Total Distance so far: 27,383/26,219 miles
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2/8/17
Previous Point - London, England
Book:Far as the Eye Can See: A Novel by Robert Bausch
Settings: Bozeman, Montana (and adjoining areas)
Total Distance for the book: 4574 miles
Total Distance so far: 31,957/26,219 miles

[Eggp]

My second book nearly wiped out the rest of my goal!
Goal: 15,956/20,000, 79.78%

01. Sweetheart, Sweetheart - 02 Feb 2017, 4/5 - 3,874 miles
  Maine, USA → New York City, USA: 391
  New York City, USA → Berkshire, UK: 3,438
  Berkshire, UK → London, UK: 45

02. Memoirs of Hadrian - 08 Feb 2017, 5/5 - 12,082 miles
  London, UK → Santiponce, Spain (Italica): 1,020
  Santiponce, Spain (Italica) → Rome, Italy: 1,036
  Rome, Italy → Athens, Greece: 656
  Athens, Greece → Grădiștea de Munte, Romania (Sarmizegetusa): 532
  Grădiștea de Munte, Romania (Sarmizegetusa) → Antakya, Turkey (Antioch): 942
  Antakya, Turkey (Antioch) → York, UK (Eboracum): 2,167
  York, UK (Eboracum) → Al-Salihiyah, Syria (Doura): 2,309
  Al-Salihiyah, Syria (Doura) → Izmit, Turkey (Nicomedia): 613
  Izmit, Turkey (Nicomedia) → Alexandria, Egypt: 664
  Alexandria, Egypt → Sheikh 'Ibada, Egypt (Antinoöpolis): 242
  Sheikh 'Ibada, Egypt (Antinoöpolis) → Beitar Illit, West Bank (Bethar): 372
  Beitar Illit, West Bank (Bethar) → Tivoli, Italy (Tibur): 1,425
  Tivoli, Italy (Tibur) → Bacoli, Italy (Baiae): 104

Total: 15,956 miles, 4,044 to go.

[Cassandra]

I hit my goal last night!

Starting Point: Seattle, WA, USA
First book: The Penelopiad - February 2
- Sparta, Greece (6202.1) to
- Ithaca, Greece (134.0)
Total miles traveled: 6336.1

From Ithaca, Greece
Second book: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous - February 2
- Jersey City, New Jersey, USA (4781.4)
Total miles traveled: 11,117.5

From Jersey City, NJ, USA
Third book: The Bone Season - February 3
- London, England (3467.5) to
- Oxford, England (51.5)
Total miles traveled: 14,636.5

From Oxford, England
Fourth book: The Light Between Oceans
- Cape Leeuwin, Australia* (9137.5)
Total miles traveled: 23,774

* The lighthouse in the book is called Janus Rock, which is fictional, but Cape Leeuwin is a real lighthouse in approximately the same place in Australia, so I'll use that for calculation purposes.

23,774/20,000 miles

[Erin]

Update to message #11

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

23,843/20,000 Miles

[Megan]

Pam wrote: "Last night finished book completed my challenge, this morning's finished book added more mileage (will not adjust my challenge but will keep it going to see how much I underestimated my travel dist..."

Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Megan]

Cassandra wrote: "I hit my goal last night!

Starting Point: Seattle, WA, USA
First book: The Penelopiad - February 2
- Sparta, Greece (6202.1) to
- Ithaca, Greece (134.0)
Total miles traveled: 6336.1

..."

Congratulations!

[Megan]

Erin wrote: "Update to message #11

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

23,843/20,000 Miles"

Congrats!