February - Spanning the Globe

[Charity]

Updated message 45.


27157/20000

[Tanise]

Last location: Brasília, DF, Brazil

Fourth book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Stockholm, Sweden: 6360.452 miles
- Gnesta, Södermanland County, Sweden: 33.247 miles
- London, England: 858.234 miles
- Canberra, Australia: 10567.343 miles

Total miles traveled: 42,029.338

The total follows this path: Santa Maria, RS, Brasil > St. Louis > New Orleans > Mossul, Iraq > Washington, DC > Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil > Brasília, DF, Brazil > Stockholm, Sweden > Gnesta, Sweden > London, England > Canberra, Australia.

It was an amazing trip, thank you! :)

[Megan]

Updated! Congrats to are recent finishers: Tanise, Charity, Alex, and Kate! Thanks for participating!

[Sharon]

SPANNING THE GLOBE
Duration: February 1 - February 28, 2017

In keeping with our Around the World theme, let's travel through books! Set a goal for the number of miles or kilometers you plan to travel. With every book you read, choose the setting (or settings) and calculate how many miles there are between that point and the previous point using this calculator.

Rules:
- Only books based on this world count--sorry, no traveling to different galaxies. :)
- 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
- You may revisit the same setting in different books (for example, you may read two books that both take place in New York City)
- Use your best judgment on which settings in each book should be included; you should only be using primary settings

My goal is 20,000 miles - traveled 22,818 miles

Starting point: Provo, UT USA
Provo, UT to London, England
4,879 miles

from London, England to Trenton, NJ
3,511

from Trenton to NYC
60

from NYC to Newport, Oregon
2,951

From Newport, Oregon to Siena, Italy
5614

from Siena, Italy to Lehi, UT
5,653

[Margie]

Updated post 94. I didn't hit my goal but the trip was fun! I had two books with unidentified locations, so that didn't help. But I've become more aware of the locations in a book.

Total Miles: 10, 291

Columbus, Ohio > New York City > Unknown > Unknown > London > Virginia > Los Angeles > Las Vegas

Thanks for the fun challenge!

[Megan]

Updated and congrats, Sharon, on completing your challenge! Glad you had fun, Margie!

[Stephanie]

Book 4 - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins.

Start New York, Manhattan
- London (3455 miles)
-Ashbury (49.96 miles)

Total for this book- 3504.96 miles
Total travelled- 16,297.16/20,000 miles

One more book to add. Might just make my target....

[Stephanie]

Book 5- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (haven't quite finished this book but these are the locations so far)

Start-ashbury, UK
-Englewood Florida (4393 miles)
- Wales (4295 miles)

Total for this book-8688 miles
Total travelled- 24,985.16 miles.

Yay made it. Great challenge!

[Clare]

Updated message 36

43236/25000 miles completed in February

Enjoyed this challenge.

A day late but finally made it back to Poole with a further 23 miles finishing my 6th book Harry Paye: A Romance of Old Poole on the 1st March 2017

[Meaghan]

COMPLETED (A teeny tiny bit late but I had some unexpected bumps this month that set my reading schedule back so I'm not going to punish myself lol)

Goal: 59,479/40,000 miles

Starting Point
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Anya's Ghost
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada --> New England, USA
933 miles
Lucifer, Book One
New England, USA --> Los Angeles, CA, USA
2601 miles
Los Angeles, California, USA --> New Mexico, USA
694 miles
New Mexico, USA --> Hamburg, Germany
5203 miles
Hamburg, Germany --> London, UK
448 miles
London, UK --> Paris, France
213 miles
Paris, France --> New York City, NY, USA
3631 miles
Madame Bovary
New York City, NY, USA --> Rouen, France
3564 miles
Rouen, France --> Yonville-l'Abbaye, France
98 miles
Yonville-l'Abbaye, France --> Tostes, France
85 miles
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Tostes, France --> Verona, Italy
857 miles
Verona, Italy --> Milan, Italy
141 miles
Milan, Italy --> Mantua, Italy
63 miles
Lucifer
Mantua, Italy --> Los Angeles, CA, USA
9754 miles
Los Angeles, CA, USA --> London, UK
8766 miles
London, UK --> Beijing, China
8148 miles
Beijing, China --> Shanghai, China
1072 miles
Shanghai, China --> Chengdu, China
1662 miles
Chengdu, China --> Las Vegas, NV, USA
11546 miles

[Megan]

Updated, and we're done! Thanks to everyone for participating!!!

[Lynette]

Wow - I completely underestimated how many miles my reading would span this month! Didn't get back to full time status until later than I'd expected - makes for more reading time than normal, not always a bad thing. ;D

Here's my trail:

FEBRUARY: Spanning the Globe

80,262/26,000 miles

Start at Monument, Colorado


~> New York City, Total: 1848 mi.


@ New York City, 0 mi.
~> Fort Dix, 72 mi.
~> Lenggries, Germany, 4067 mi.
~> Dachau, 52 mi.
~> Munich, 12 mi.
~> Limerick, Ireland, 1218 mi.
~> Toome, Ireland, 253 mi.
~> Tiverton, Rhode Island, 3419 mi. Total: 9093 mi.


~> Florida (Ocalla area), Total: 1231 mi.


~> Padua, Italy, Total: 4991 mi.


~> Damaidi, China (a fictional rural locale in the Jiangsu region, somewhat near Shanghai), 5547 mi.
~> Youmadi, 3 mi.
~> Jiangnan, 60 mi. Total: 5610 mi.


~> Philadelphia, 7588 mi.
~> New York City, 97 mi.
~> London, 3459 mi.
~> Berlin, 679 mi.
~> Scandinavian Tour (I'll use Helsinki), 1005 mi.
~> [Philadelphia (tours during this time to Europe, South America)] don't count
~> Washington, D.C. (tours during this time to Asia, Europe, South America), 4303 mi.
~> Marianna Farm at Danbury, Connecticut, 292 mi. Total: 17,423 completely unexpected mileage score, and you really could count far higher with the tours talked about


~> Miami, 1342 mi
~> Cincinnati, 1124 mi.
~> Ashville, NC, 364 mi.
~> Kentucky, 248 mi.
~> St. Augustine, 743 mi. Total: 3,821


~> Sadao, Cambodia, 9598 mi.
~> Poipet, 50 mi.
~> Svay Sisophon, 22 mi.
~> Battambang, 38 mi.
~> Phnum Sress, 57 mi.
~> Ou Tom (Big River), 12 mi.
~> Thailand refugee camp, 31 mi.
~> Dangrek Mountains, 140 mi.
~> Kampong Tom, Cambodia, 20 mi.
~> Siem Reap, 111mi.
~> Lupini, Thailand, 96 mi.
~> Fullerton, California, 8068 mi. Total: 18.243


~> London, Total: 5437 mi.


~>Burg Lingenfels, Germany, in Bavaria somewhere near Berg, 576 mi.
~>Ehrenheim, impossible to determine (fictionalized locations)
~>Thuringia, 190 mi.
~>Berlin, 202 mi.
~>Fruhlinghausen, 310 mi.
~>Warthegau, Poland, 402 mi.
~>Momsen (fictionalized)
~>Salem, (Salem Castle School), 544 mi.
~>Saarbrucken, 195 mi.
~>Deer Isle, Maine, 4013 mi.
~>Cambridge, Massachusetts, 261 mi. Total: 6693 mi.


~>Anderson, South Carolina, Total: 960 mi.


~>Rome, Italy, Total: 4912

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:

Probably should have stopped upping my total a little sooner! :) Didn't get quite as far as I planned because one of my books is non-fiction and a little dry but still got to go to some great places!

10521/17808

Starting point: Durham, ME, USA
First book: Insurgent
- Chicago, IL, USA (896)
Total miles traveled: 896

From Chicago, IL, USA
Second book: Hollow City
- London, England, UK (3952)
Total miles traveled: 4848

From London, England, UK
Third book: Plainsong
- Denver, CO, USA (4691)
Total miles traveled: 9539

From Denver, CO, USA
Third book: The Lathe of Heaven
- Portland, Oregon (982)
Total miles traveled: 10521

[Megan]

Congrats, Lynette, and great effort, Mary Pat!

[Kim. E.]

Finally tallied my miles

Status: 28239/15000 miles

Details on page 3, message 144

[Megan]

Congrats on completing the challenge, Kim E!

[Nik]

Completed the challenge on 8th March but connectivity was too spotty whilst travelling to update the thread. =)

[39,669/30K] (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)

The Eternaut (2017.03.08,★★★★☆).
- Nagoya, Japan, to Buenos Aires, Argentina (11,581)

Total travelled: 39,669/30K miles