February - Spanning the Globe

[Megan]

Updated to here!

[Megan]

Just completed my goal - 40,300 miles out of 30,000 miles in one book - A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout.

[Nik]

[12,836/30K] (OM 33)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2017.02.07, ★★★★★)
- Mount Laurel, NJ, US to West Country, UK (3,333)

The Light Between Oceans (2017.02.09, ★★★☆☆)
- West Country, UK to Point Partageuse, Australia (9,503)

Travelled so far: 12,836/30K miles

[Heather]

May have to up mine again as I appear to be globetrotting from one side of the planet to the other....

Read - Behind Closed Doors which took me from Los Angeles to Surrey.


Total 42,515/50,000km

[Megan]

Updated to here:)

[Maddy]

Megan wrote: "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)
========..."
Hi! I do not have a specific goal, I'll go as far as I can, but the ultimate number is not less than 40K ! :)

[[deleted user]]

I finished which took me from California to North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia.

I've travelled 8891 miles by now.

My next book Cadbury Creme Murder will take me to Texas, USA

[Sherry]

I hit my goal with only 2 books but I planned 3 books, so I'm currently reading book #3 for this challenge

---UPDATE 2/17---
37,465.0/20,000 Miles Completed ✔
3/3 Books Completed
Starting Point: Brooklyn, NYC

1. The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross [Read 2/4/2017]
Brooklyn, New York City to London, England - 3,464.2
2. Flameout by Keri Arthur [Read 2/6/2017]
London, England to Melbourne, Australia- 16,925.6
3. The Sisters by Claire Douglas [Read 2/11/2017]
Melbourne, Australia to Bath, Somerset- 17075.2
Total Miles: 37,465.0

The total follows this path: Brooklyn, NYC --> London, England --> Melbourne, Australia --> Bath, Somerset

[Stephanie]

Update on message 146:

Book 2- The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Start -San Fransisco
-to Brooklyn -2910.50 miles
-to Long Island Sound - 58.9 miles
-to mount st Helens - 2435 miles
-to Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs -1285.5miles
-Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico- 534.6 miles

Miles travelled this book-miles- 7224.5 miles
Total miles travelled-10,871.6/20,000 miles

[Tania]

Editing message 43, Progress to date: 17,272/25,000

Previous Point: Managua, Nicaragua
Sixth book - The Bluest Blood by Gillian Roberts
Setting: Philadelphia, PA
Trip Total: 2041

[Megan]

Sherry wrote: "I hit my goal with only 2 books but I planned 3 books, so I'm currently reading book #3 for this challenge

20,389.8/20,000 Miles Completed ✔
2/3 Books Completed
Starting Point: Brooklyn, NYC

1. [..."

Congrats on making your miles!

[Megan]

Updated to here!

[[deleted user]]

Msg 49 updated..

2/10/17
Previous Point - Bozeman, Montana
Book: Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction by Joseph Conrad
Settings:
Bozeman, Montana - London, UK: 4574 miles
London, UK - The Congo: 4053 miles
The Congo - Sumatra (the area where several of the selected short fiction took place): 5503 miles

Total Distance for the book: 14,130 miles
Total Distance so far: 46,087/26,219 miles

[Amanda]

updated message 14
11,269/30,000

New Additions:
Previous Place: Grünau, Germany
Second Book All the Light We Cannot See
→ Paris, France: 550
→ Saint-Malo, France: 200
→ Zollverein, Germany: 448
→ Schulpforta, Germany: 205
→ Berlin, Germany: 119
→ Minsk, Belarus (I don't know how far east he went when he joined his unit but he mentions Minsk at one point so I'll use that): 594
→ Vienna, Austria: 628
→ Saint-Malo, France: 843
Total Trip: 3587

Previous Point: Saint-Malo, France
Third Book The Graveyard Book
→ England (I used the cemetery he mentions as inspiration in his acknowledgements): 218

Total Miles Traveled: 11,269

[[deleted user]]

I finished my book set in Texas, USA Cadbury Creme Murder today (2/10/17).

9822 miles so far.

My next book The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch will bring me back to Europe, it's set in London, UK

[Rachael]

Updated message 81. I have now 'travelled' 12527/15000 miles

[Janine]

Completed the next step in my journey.

3) The Light Between Oceans
Antarctica --> Australia
6411 miles travelled

Total: 38392 miles

[Rina]

Update to post 168 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Previous point: Cahors, France

Next Book: The Invisible Library
London, England (641.6 m)

Next Book: Tomorrow, When the War Began
Wirrawee, Australia (10,561.0 m)

Next Book: Blood Work
Cincinnati, OH, USA (9379.8 m)

Previous total: 13,035.4 m

New Total: 33,617.8/40,000 m

[Megan]

Update to here - excellent progress, everyone!

[Vicki]

I'm a huge reader so I am going to go for 100,000 miles and see how it goes.

I'll be starting in Dublin, California.

[Heather]

The Unquiet Mind took me from London to Greece a distance of 2698km

Total 45,282/50,000km

[Megan]

Vicki wrote: "I'm a huge reader so I am going to go for 100,000 miles and see how it goes.

I'll be starting in Dublin, California."

Welcome to the challenge!

[Megan]

Updated to here:)

[Erin]

Update to message #11

✔ 3. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
• Berrick-upon-Tweed, England to Seattle, WA - 4511 miles
• Seattle, WA to Antarctica - 9593 miles
Total Miles: 14,104 miles

37,947/20,000 Miles

[Megan]

Updated! and just a reminder, if you want to be updated on the participant list, you just need to post a new message letting me know your new mileage. Thanks!

[Marissa]

Update to Message #20

From: Mt. McKinley, AK
Fourth Book: The Dovekeepers
- Jerusalem, Israel (5,881)
- Masada, Israel (66)
- Alexandria, Egypt (347)
Total Miles Traveled: 23,958 miles

From: Alexandria, Egypt
Fifth Book: When Breath Becomes Air
- Kingman, AZ (7,296)
- Stanford, CA (478)
Total Miles Traveled: 31,732 miles

[Christy]

Successfully completed the challenge! 29,484/25,000

Not going to change my goal but I'm excited to continue to track my miles traveled in the rest of February.

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: 13632

Miles traveled in books 1-3: 24097

Fourth Book: All the Birds in the Sky
- From Palo Alto, CA to Boston, Mass (2691)
- From Boston, MA to San Francisco, CA (2696)
Miles traveled in book 4: 5387

Miles traveled as of 2/12: 29,484/25,000

[Megan]

Christy wrote: "Successfully completed the challenge! 29,484/25,000

Not going to change my goal but I'm excited to continue to track my miles traveled in the rest of February.

Starting point: Philadelphia, PA
Fi..."

Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Megan]

Updated:)

[Tania]

update message 43, Progress to date: 22,982/25,000

Previous Point: Philadelphia, PA
Seventh book - Winter Men by Jesper Bugge Kold
Setting: Hamburg, Germany; Berlin, Germany; Bad Godesburg, Germany; Minsk, Belarus; Kiev, Ukraine; Belgorod, Russia (there were others but mileage counted is restricted to these main settings)
Trip Total: 5710

[Lindsay]

Update msg 65

Currently in Thurso at 21429 miles

[Tanise]

Megan wrote: "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
..."

Thx, Megan! :)

Last location: Washington, DC, USA

Third book: Saga Brasileira: A Longa Luta de um Povo por sua Moeda
- Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil: 4803.922 miles
- Brasília, DF, Brazil: 579.945 miles

Total miles traveled: 24,210.062

[Tania]

Updating message 43, Progress to date: 23,866/25,000

Previous Point: Hamburg, Germany
Eighth Book - Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
Setting: near Saint Petersburg, Russia
Trip Total: 884

[Megan]

Lindsay wrote: "Update msg 65

Currently in Thurso at 21429 miles"

Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Megan]

Updated to here:) Happy Valentine's day!

[Amanda]

updated message 14
32,853/30,000

Previous Place: England (Highgate Cemetery West)
Fourth Book Armada
→ Beaverton, Oregon: 4920

Previous Place: Beaverton, Oregon
Fifth Book Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
→ Plymouth, England: 4872
→ Buenos Aires, Argentina: 6744
→ South Georgia Island: 1727
→ Weddell Sea: 1500 (approximate)
→ Elephant Island: 1000 (approximate)
→ South Georgia Island: 821
Total Trip: 16,664

Total Miles Traveled: 32,853

[Clare]

updated message 36 with my 2nd book
Now at 20521 / 25000

[Megan]

Amanda wrote: "updated message 14
32,853/30,000

Previous Place: England (Highgate Cemetery West)
Fourth Book Armada
→ Beaverton, Oregon: 4920

Previous Place: Beaverton, Oregon
Fifth Book [book:E..."

Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Megan]

Updated:)

[[deleted user]]

msg 49 updated...

2/14/17
Previous Point - Java
Book: The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
Settings:
Java - Santa Clara, CA: 8700 miles
Santa Clara, CA - Dawson City, Yukon Territory: 1984 miles

Total Distance for the book: 10,684 miles
Total Distance so far: 56,771/26,219 miles

[Amanda]

updated message 14
40,968/30,000

Previous Place: South Georgia Island
Sixth Book When Breath Becomes Air
→ Stanford, CA: 8115

[Tania]

Updating message 43, completed with 28,448 miles (goal was 25,000)

Previous Point: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ninth Book - Chicago's Polish Downtown by Victoria Granacki
Setting: Chicago, IL
Trip Total: 4582

[Eggp]

Still keeping track!
Goal: 23,265/20,000, 116.33%

03. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) - 10 Feb 2017, 4/5 - 5,631 miles
  Bacoli, Italy (Baiae) → Shreveport LA, USA: 5,631

04. Leaving Las Vegas - 15 Feb 2017, 4/5 - 1,678 miles
  Shreveport LA, USA → Venice CA, USA: 1,436
  Venice CA, USA → Beverly Hills CA, USA: 07
  Beverly Hills CA, USA → Las Vegas NV, USA: 235

Total: 23,265 miles, 3,265 over.

[[deleted user]]

I finished my 5th book for this challenge which took me to London, UK The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch.

I've travelled 14785 miles so far.

[Heather]

Finished The Book of You which took me from Greece to Bath.... 3,176km

Total 48,458/50,000km

[Megan]

Updated to here! Congrats to Eggp and Tania on completing their challenges!

[Marissa]

Update to Message #20

From: Stanford, CA
Sixth Book: Big Little Lies
- Sydney, Australia (7,432)
Total Miles Traveled: 39,164 miles

39,164/50,000 miles

[Cheri]

Update:

Third book: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (2 stars)

Starting from last book, in Sydney:
--Tehran, Iran 8029 miles
3 book total: 72,006

[Cheri]

Pam wrote: "Oh, this will be interesting...

I'm in for 26,219* miles. Starting in Lafayette, Indiana.

*Why such an odd number? A marathon is officially 26.219 miles. Yes, I'm a runner. :D

==================..."

Pam, I love the way you chose your goal! :)

[Stephanie]

Update on message 146:

Book 3- The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan.

Start -Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
-long island sound-1845 miles
-westport, Connecticut-21.9 miles
-New York, Manhattan-53.7 miles

Miles travelled this book-miles- 1920.6miles
Total miles travelled-12,792.2/20,000 miles

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