February - Spanning the Globe

[Megan]

Updated:)

[[deleted user]]

Cheri wrote: "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

======..."

Well, a nice round number is just...boring I thought :D

[[deleted user]]

Msg 49 updated...

Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

Total Distance for the book: 13,015 miles
Total Distance so far: 69,786/26,219 miles

[Rina]

Update to post 221 ( https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )

Previous location: Cincinnati, OH

Next Book: American Gods
(I am only including locations the main character went, to my best estimation of where those actually are.)
St. Louis, MO (308 m)
Chicago, IL (297.1 m)
Norfolk, VA (885.2)
Spring Green, WI (1076.2)
Cairo, IL (524.7)
Lakeside, WI (795.7)
Las Vegas, NV (1827.6)
San Francisco, CA (596)
Lebanon, KS (1576.8)
Blacksberg, VA (1157.6)
Fort Pierce, FL (780)
Reykjavik, Iceland (3588)

Previous Total: 33,617.8 m

New Total: 47,030.7 / 40,000

Goal met! Woot!

[Meghan L]

Has anyone else read The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared during this challenge? I just finished it and, using the settings listed on its Goodreads page, it was just over 20,000 miles. It almost feels like cheating.

42,446/26,219 miles (original goal: 15,000)

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:
Persuasion
-Somersetshire, England (5354.5)
-Lyme Regis, England (22.5)
-Bath, England (29)
Total miles traveled: 15,352

From Bath, England
Fifth Book:
The Book Jumper
-Scotland, UK (361)
Total miles traveled: 15,713

From Scotland, UK
Sixth Book:
The Traveling Tea Shop
-Manhattan, NY (3212)
-Mystic, CT (112)
-Newport, RI (35)
-Provincetown, MA (70.5)
-Boston, MA (50)
-Portsmouth, NH (51.5)
-Freeport, ME (63.5)
-Stowe, VT (135)
Total miles traveled: 19,442.5

From Stowe, VT
Seventh Book:
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
-Malmköping, Sweden (3650)
-Byringe, Sweden (10.5)
-Åkers Styckebruk, Sweden (6)
-Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States (5118.5)
-Washington, D.C., United States (1615)
-Stockholm, Sweden (4128)
-Moskow, Russian Federation (763.5)
-Vladivostok, Russian Federation (3990)
-Bali, Indonesia (3722)

[Marissa]

Update to Message #20

From: Sydney, Australia
Seventh Book: Fight Club
- Wilmington, DE (9,860)
- Phoenix, AZ (2,060)
- Chicago, IL (1,453)
- Seattle, WA (1,735)
- Wilmington, DE (2,366)
Total Miles Traveled: 56,638 miles

Progress: 56,638/50,000 miles

✔️Completed✔️

[Nik]

[22,204/30K] (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)

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2017.02.16, ★★★★☆)
- Point Partageuse, Australia, to Lille, France (9,368)

Travelled so far: 22,204/30K miles

[Rachael]

Updated message 81: 15,054/15,000 miles completed. My challenge = done

[Charity]

Updated message 45.

13681/20000

[Heather]

Read It Ends with Us - excellent book, and 5,118km covered.

Total 53,576/50,000km

[[deleted user]]

I finished my book that brought me from London, UK, to New Hampshire, USA

I'm now at 18015 miles

[[deleted user]]

msg 49 updated....

Previous Point - Santiago, Chile
Book: Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy
Settings:
Santiago, Chile - Caucasus Mountains, Russia: 9,020 miles

Total Distance for the book: 9,020 miles
Total Distance so far: 78,806/26,219 miles

[Nik]

[28,088/30K] (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)

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2017.02.16, ★★★★☆)
- Point Partageuse, Australia, to Lille, France (9,368)

The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (2017.02.18,★★☆☆☆).
- Lille, France, to Nagoya, Japan (5,884)

Travelled so far: 28,088/30K miles

[[deleted user]]

I finished my 7th book Sunkissed by Leigha Lennox. It had a lot of travel in it, so I've reached my goal of 25,000 with 25,390 miles traveled.

I wont increase my goal, but just for the fun of it, I'll keep counting, lets see how far I will come :)

[Brianna]

The second leg on my trip to Paris is complete!

traveled → 8,274.65 | 8,591.5 mi

Denver, CO → London, U.K. → 7549.65 mi
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling | ★★★★★


Now to decide which book will take me to Paris!

[Sam F]

I'm going to have to bump my mileage to 50 000!

Updated message:

Message 55

[Clare]

updated message 36
now at 37900/ 25000 miles
Having visited Paris and San Francisco in books 3 and 4.
Now hoping to get home to Dorset before the end of the month.

[Vicki]

Update to msg # 233

Started in Dublin, California

Earth Alone

Toronto, Ontario 2245 mi
Chile 5509 mi
Algeria 6409 mi
Greece 1386 m

15630 mi so far

The Boylan House Trilogy

Monson, New Hampshire 4603 mi

20233 mi so far

End of Watch

Cleveland, Ohio 605 mi

20838 mi so far

Private Paris

Paris, France 3917 mi

24755 mi so far

Ninth Cycle Antarctica

Boulder, Colorado 4886 mi
Antarctica 9217 mi

38858 mi so far

Darkest Journey

St. Francisville, Louisiana 8685 mi.

47543 mi so far

The Games

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4900 mi

52443 mi so far

Of Mud and Clay: Book One of Light into Exile

Damascus, Maryland 9352 mi

61795 mi so far

Autumn

England 3621 mi

65416 mi so far

[Megan]

Updated to here:) Sam F, I increased your goal. Congrats to everyone who has completed their challenge thus far! 8 more days to go!

[Erin]

Update to message #11

✔ 4. Daemon
• Antarctica to Thousand Oaks, CA - 8706 miles
• Thousand Oaks, CA to Houston, TX - 1407 miles
Total Miles: 10,113 miles

48,060/20,000 Miles

[Janine]

Read a few more books and completed my increased goal!

4) 3500: An Autistic Boy's Ten-Year Romance with Snow White
Australia --> Seattle, United States (13080)
Seattle, United States --> Orlando, United States (4102)
17182 miles travelled

5) The Mystery of the Painted Dragon
Orlando, United States --> London, England
6991 miles travelled

6) The Underground Railroad
London, England --> Georgia, United States (6804)
Georgia --> South Carolina --> North Carolina --> Indiana (1322)
8126 miles travelled

Total: 70691 miles

This was a great challenge. Thanks, Megan. I enjoyed thinking about it when deciding which book to read next; deciding to read a book set in the UK before returning elsewhere in the States to help rack up those miles etc. Pleased I hit my goal, and I didn't even get round to reading Wayfarer yet!

[Megan]

Janine wrote: "Read a few more books and completed my increased goal!

4) 3500: An Autistic Boy's Ten-Year Romance with Snow White
Australia --> Seattle, United States (13080)
Seattle, United Stat..."

You're welcome! Congrats on completing your challenge!

[Erin]

Update to message #11

✔ 5. City of Women
• Houston, TX to Berlin, Germany - 5,330 miles
Total Miles: 5,330 miles

53,390/20,000 Miles

[Amanda]

updated message 14
43,513/30,000

Previous Place: Stanford, CA
Seventh Book We Are the Ants
→ Florida (the town in the book, Calypso, doesn't exist so I used the author's hometown Jupiter): 2545

[Megan]

Updated:)

[Janine]

Figured I'd keep tracking till the end of the month, see how far I can get!


7) All Our Wrong Todays
Indiana, United States --> Toronto, Canada (618)
Toronto, Canada --> San Francisco, United States (3648)
San Francisco, United States --> Hong Kong (11106)
15372 miles travelled

Total: 86063 miles

[Cheri]

Update: Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California by Frances Dinkelspiel (4 stars)

Starting from last book, in Tehran, Iran:
--Vallejo, California 7329 miles
4 book total: 79,335

[[deleted user]]

Will update msg 49 tomorrow with...

"House Made of Dawn" by N. Scott Momaday.
Previous location: Caucasus Mountains, Russia
To: New Mexico - 6787 miles
: LA - 707 miles
Total for book: 7494 miles

Total to date: 86,300/26,219 miles

[Megan]

Updated - great job to those smashing their goals!

[Heather]

Finished Summer's Child which took me from Chicago to North Carolina - bringing my total so far to

55,361 / 50,000

[Megan]

Updated to here - six days left! How far will you go?

[Megan]

Kristin wrote: "So, the circumference of the earth is 24,901 miles. I have no idea if I will be able to do it, but I'm going to give it a try!! Better to try and fail than to have not tried in the first place, rig..."

Congrats on finishing your challenge, Kristin!

[[deleted user]]

Another one bites the dust...Msg 49 updated...

Previous Point: Los Angeles
"Paradise Reclaimed" by Halldór Laxness.
Settings:
LA - Iceland: 4370 miles
Iceland - Copenhagen, Denmark: 1238 miles
Denmark - Spanish Fork, Utah: 5060 miles
Total for Book: 10,668 miles

Total to date: 96,998/26,219 miles

[Megan]

Updated:)

[Heather]

Finished What She Knew which took me from North Carolina to Bristol, UK - 6,095kms

Total now - 61,456/50,000

[Brianna]

updated message 3

I have made it to Paris!

traveled → 8,617.8 | 8,591.5 mi

Albuquerque, NM → Denver, CO → 722 mi
Nash by Jay Crownover | ★★★

Denver, CO → London, U.K. → 7549.65 mi
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling | ★★★★★

London, U.K. → Paris, FR → 343.15 mi
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins | ★★★★★

[Megan]

Updated to here! Congrats, Brianna, on completing your trip and making it to Paris!

[Vicki]

Challenge Complete!

Update to Post 271

Left off in England with a total of 64,416 mi

Sands of the Cape Fear River: An American Civil War Novel

Kure Beach, VA 3740 mi
Pilotsville, NC 139 mi
Town Creek, NC 113 mi

Total Traveled 69, 408

The Orlov Diamond

Moscow, Russia 5174 mi
New Zealand 10,280 mi
London, England 11,680 mi
Caucasus Mountains, Russia 2138 mi
St. Petersburg, Russia 1332 mi

Total Miles Traveled 100,012

Apple Pots and Funeral Plots

Oregon 5088 mi

Total Miles Traveled 105,100/100,000

[ShandraLee]

Completed travels with the Inklings around the world and back.

[Maddy]

Updated message 142.
Total : 53041,526 miles
Goal of 40,000 miles reached!

[Megan]

Updated to here - congrats Vicki and Maddy!

[Christy]

Last update from me. My 6th book for the month got me to over 50,000 miles, double my goal of 25,000. I really enjoyed this challenge! Thanks!

50,607/25,000

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

Fifth Book: High Dive
- From San Francisco, CA, to Brighton, England (5247)
Miles traveled in book 5: 5247

Miles traveled as of 2/13: 34,731

Sixth Book: Moonglow
- From Brighton, England to Philadelphia, PA 3469
- From Philadelphia, PA to Nordhausen, Germany 3982
- From Nordhausen, Germany to Baltimore, MD 4070
- From Baltimore, MD to Ho-ho-kus, NJ 177
- From Ho-ho-kus, NJ to Florida 1069
Miles traveled in book 6: 12,767

Total Miles Traveled: 50,607

[Megan]

Updated:) Last day of the challenge!!!

[Lindsay]

Update msg 66

28995 miles

[Alex]

Update message 67: 28916.1 miles

[Amanda]

updated message 14
53,100/30,000

Previous Place: Jupiter, Florida
Eighth Book Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest
→ Snoqualmie, WA: 2658
→ Mount Everest: 6929
Total Trip: 9587

[Kate]

Updated #10. completed!

[Amanda]

updated message 14
62,100/30,000

Previous Place: Mount Everest
Ninth Book Journey to the Centre of the Earth
→ Hamburg, Germany: 4168
→ Snæfellsjökull, Iceland: 1401
→ Stromboli: 2381
→ Hamburg, Germany: 1050
Total Trip: 9000

[Eggp]

Updating message #17:

Goal: 48,782/20,000, 243.91%

05. Ethan Frome - 16 Feb 2017, 4/5 - 2,366 miles
  Las Vegas NV, USA → Massachusetts, USA: 2,366

06. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - 20 Feb 2017, 3/5 - 9,413 miles
  Massachusetts, USA → Cambridge, UK: 3,296
  Cambridge, UK → Mauritius: 6,117

07. The Bicentennial Man - 27 Feb 2017, 4/5 - 13,552 miles
  Mauritius → Flagstaff AZ, USA: 11,284
  Flagstaff AZ, USA → Dallas TX, USA: 871
  Dallas TX, USA → Washington D.C., USA: 1,188
  Washington D.C., USA → Manhattan NY, USA: 209

08. The Colour Out of Space - 28 Feb 2017, 3/5 - 186 miles
  Manhattan NY, USA → Boston MA, USA: 186

Total: 48,782 miles, 28,782 over.

[[deleted user]]

Will formally update msg 49 tomorrow...

Previous Point: Spanish Fork, Utah
Book: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
Distance: 2,097 miles
Total Distance for Month: 99,095 miles

Was hoping to squeeze out one last book this month but that looks like it isn't happening.