Q3 - Miles of Smiles

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #14: 17/30
Travel miles as the crow flies: 115,062

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 29/40
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 113,590.379 km/70,581.789 miles

I forgot to count my books set in the USA and Canada 😣
I increased my goal too 😄

Thanks Rachael! 🤗

[Cindy III]

I will sign up for 4.

MILES OF SMILES
Duration: July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022

The annual World Happiness Report is based on Gallup Poll data measuring six criteria -- GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption. In recognition of WHR's tenth anniversary, together with Journeys placing second in our yearly theme poll, we will be taking a trip through 2022's top 20 happiest countries.
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2022...

For this quarterly challenge, you may select books set in these happy places, or books whose authors claim one of these countries as their birthplace or residence. If you live in one of these countries yourself, you may count only two books from your home country.

Please post a message to let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read as you pursue miles of smiles. Bon voyage!

The world's happiest countries, 2022 edition:
1. Finland
2. Denmark number the stars/the boys who challenged hitler/darkness over denmark
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Luxembourg
7. Sweden
8. Norway the witches roald dahl
9. Israel
10. New Zealand rock hard nalini singh
11. Austria
12. Australia moonfire/night in eden
13. Ireland angela's ashes/have ye heard mammy died
14. Germany all quiet on the western front
15. Canada emily of new moon/anne of green gables
16. United States
17. United Kingdom
18. Czechia (Czech Republic)
19. Belgium
20. France the little prince/librarian of saint malo/prince of the skies/night flight

[Allie]

Update to Message #15
Progress 5/15
16. United States
Baltimore Dread Nation
New York Down the River Unto the Sea
Washington, DC Upgrade

12. Australia
Queensland Crimson Lake Road

Miles Traveled 10,002

New York to Baltimore 172 miles
Baltimore to New York 172 miles
New York to Washington DC 206 miles
Washington DC to Cairns, Queensland, Australia 9,452 miles

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 30/40
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 121,026.323 km/75,202.270 miles

[Allie]

Update to message #15
Progress 6/15

20. France
Paris Portrait of an Unknown Woman


Miles Traveled 19429

New York to Baltimore 172 miles
Baltimore to New York 172 miles
New York to Washington DC 206 miles
Washington DC to Cairns, Queensland, Australia 9,452 miles
Cairns Queensland to Paris France 9,427 8.4.22

[Amy]

Updated message 16-- 5/10
Traveled from Lovett, Texas to Paris, France (4,974 miles) for a total of 19,500 miles traveled

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 32/40
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 135,381.971 km/84,122.456 miles

[Allie]

Update to message #15
Progress 7/15

✔️3. Iceland
Siglufjordur, Iceland Snowblind

Miles Traveled 20,845
Paris, France to Siglufjordur, Iceland 1,416 miles

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 33/40
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 152,165.861 km/94,551.482 miles

[Allie]

Update to Message #15

Progress 8/15

16. United States
Connecticut A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Miles 23,526
Sigflujordur, Iceland to Connecticut 2,681 miles

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 38/40
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 191,382.718 km/118,919.707 miles

[Amy]

Updated message 16-- 6/10
Traveled from Paris to Amsterdam (268 miles)-- Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team

19,768 miles total

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 41/50
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 245,252.46 km / 152,392.813 miles

Thanks, Rachael!
I increased my goal again 😊

[Allie]

Update to message #15
Progress 8/15
Miles 26,736
Connecticut to Edinburgh, Scotland 3,210 miles

17. United Kingdom
Edinburgh Midnight

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 47/50
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 277,783.309 km / 178,820.309 miles

[Allie]

Update to Message #15
Progress 11/15
Miles 31,965
Edinburgh to Dublin Ireland 218 miles
Dublin to California, US 5011 miles

13. Ireland
Dublin In the Woods

16. United States
California Dial A for Aunties

[Sunny]

Updated Msg #5:

📕Canada The Brutal Telling
📕United Kingdom Hidden Depths

Progress: 3/3

Completed!

Thanks Rachael!

[Allie]

Update to message #15
Progress 13/15
Miles 38,040
California to Roanoke 2349 miles
Roanoke to London 3726 miles

16. United States
Roanoke The Last American Vampire

17. United Kingdom
London Heartless

[Rachael]

Sunny wrote: "Updated Msg #5:

📕Canada The Brutal Telling
📕United Kingdom Hidden Depths

Progress: 3/3

Completed!

Thanks Rachael!"

Congrats on being the first to complete the challenge!
Hope everyone is doing well with their challenges.

Updated to here

[oshizu]

Update to msg 20: 15/15
Challenge completed!

But I have a few more books planned for this challenge so I will read them in September.
Thank you, Rachael!

[Rachael]

oshizu wrote: "Update to msg 20: 15/15
Challenge completed!

But I have a few more books planned for this challenge so I will read them in September.
Thank you, Rachael!"

Well done!

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 47/50
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 287,783.309 km / 178,820.309 miles

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #14: 28/30

[Karin]

I've updated message 11 with 5/5. If for any reason I read a book in another of those countries, I'll come and add it.

I do have a book primarily set in Germany on hold at the library, so if it gets here and I finish it in time I'll up this.

[Allie]

Update to Message #15
Progress 15/15
44,592 miles

Nantucket Island , US
The Hotel Nantucket

London, England
Timeless

London to Nantucket 3,276 miles
Nantucket to London 3,276 miles

[Amy]

Updated message 16-- 7/10 books; 20, 267 miles traveled

[Carmen]

Update to message #4

PROGRESS: 53/50
DISTANCE AS THE CROW FLIES: 337,630.161 km / 209,793.655 miles

I'm done!
Thanks so much, Rachael! 🤗

[Rachael]

Hi everyone! I have updated to here and I hope you have enjoyed this quarterly challenge. Just a couple more weeks left to travel some more happy miles.
I have not been checking original posts so please post a new comment if you want your progress updated in the participants list.

[Karin]

Message 9

6/5 because I read a book that had a significant part of it in Germany. However, I have stopped following the mileage so didn't add it from the Netherlands to Germany and am not even sure if I added the last flight to Germany.

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #14: 32/30
Traveled 172,156 miles, as the crow flies.
Complete!

Thank you, Rachael, for a fun and fabulous challenge! If I happen to read any more books set in these countries before this quarter ends, I will come back and add them.

2022 World's Happiest Places
1. Finland
😃 The Summer Book - unnamed island
2. Denmark
😃 The Midnight Witness - Copenhagen
3. Iceland
😃 The Girl Who Died - Skalar
4. Switzerland
😃 The Sanatorium - Crans-Montana
5. Netherlands
😃 Girl in the Blue Coat - Amsterdam
6. Luxembourg
😃 The Pleasure of Drowning
7. Sweden
😃 The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stockholm
8. Norway
😃 I Refuse
9. Israel
😃 Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses - Jerusalem (start and end of journey through 5 countries)
10. New Zealand
😃 The Last Guests - Auckland
11. Austria
😃 The Kingdom of Back
12. Australia
😃 Crimson Lake - Queensland
😃 Apples Never Fall - Sydney
😃 A Town Like Alice - Queensland
😃 Three Wishes - Sydney
😃 Redemption Point - Queensland
😃 Gone by Midnight
13. Ireland
😃 Ruby Flynn - Doohoma
14. Germany
😃 The Women in the Castle
15. Canada
😃 The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life - Sudbury
😃 Moral Disorder and Other Stories - Toronto
😃 In the Midst of Winter - Vancouver (also USA, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala)
16. United States
😃 The Merlot Murders - Leesburg, VA
😃 Good Girl, Bad Blood - New Haven, CT (US edition)
17. United Kingdom
😃 Bridget Jones's Diary - London
😃 A Line To Kill - Alderney
😃 The End of Men - Glasgow
😃 The Book of Life - Oxfordshire
😃 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe - Kent
18. Czechia (Czech Republic)
😃 Ignorance
19. Belgium
😃 The Real Hergé: The Inspiration Behind Tintin
20. France
😃 The Paris Connection

🙂😊😄😃 Happy Miles Traveled 😃😄😊🙂
DEPARTURE.........ARRIVAL..........TRIP MILES..........TOTAL MILES
Home to London GBR -- 4,185
London GBR to Queensland AUS -- 9,570 -- 13,755
Queensland AUS to Virginia USA -- 9,658 -- 23,413
Virginia USA to Sydney AUS -- 9,790 -- 33,203
Sydney AUS to Connecticut USA -- 9.985 -- 43,188
Connecticut USA to Alderney GBR -- 3,391 -- 46,579
Alderney GBR to Doohoma IRL -- 446 -- 47,025
Doohoma IRL to Sudbury CAN -- 3,044 -- 50,069
Sudbury CAN to Queensland AUS -- 9,224 -- 59,293
Queensland AUS to Glasgow GBR -- 9,496 -- 68, 789
Glasgow GBR to Toronto CAN -- 3,282 -- 72,071
Toronto CAN to Auckland NZL -- 8,629 -- 80,700
Auckland NZL to Amsterdam NLD -- 11,256 -- 91,956
Amsterdam NLD to Skalar ISL -- 1,176 -- 93,132
Skalar ISL to Crans-Montana CHE -- 1,605 -- 94,737
Crans-Montana CHE to Sydney AUS -- 10,358 -- 105,095
Sydney AUS to Copenhagen DNK -- 9,967 -- 115,062
Copenhagen DNK to Jerusalem ISR -- 1,981 -- 117,043
Jerusalem ISR to (Finland) FIN -- 2,124 -- 119,167
(Finland) FIN to Paris FRA -- 1,274 -- 120,441
Paris FRA to Queensland AUS -- 9,583 -- 130,024
Queensland AUS to Etterbeek BEL -- 9,434 -- 139,458
Etterbeek BEL to Vancouver CAN -- 4,860 -- 144,318
Vancouver CAN to Prague CZE -- 5,126 -- 149,444
Prague CZE to Queensland AUS -- 9,060 -- 158,504
Queensland AUS to Luxembourg LUX -- 9,410 -- 167,914
Luxembourg LUX to Oslo NOR -- 735 -- 168,649
Oslo NOR to Salzburg AUT -- 842 -- 169,491
Salzburg AUT to Stockholm SWE -- 1,323 -- 170,814
Stockholm SWE to Lingenfeld DEU -- 798 -- 171,612
Lingenfeld DEU to Oxfordshire GBR -- 459 -- 172,071
Oxfordshire GRB to Kent GBR -- 85 -- 172,156

[Allie]

Update to message #15
Progress 20/15

Ireland
Dublin The Likeness

United Kingdom
London
The Tiger in the Smoke
The Ink Black Heart

Czechia
Prague
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

France
Paris
The Paris Librarian

Miles 45,943 Miles

Nantucket, MA to London England 3,276 miles
London to Dublin 288 miles
Dublin to Paris (485 miles)
Pairs to Prague (548) miles

[Almeta]

Almeta's Whirlwind Tour
Duration: July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022

MILES OF SMILES https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-...

Update Message 6

Completed
29/20

[christene_littlelibrary]

Update msg 7
13/20

[Amy]

Updated message 16-- 8/10

[Kristina]

Update for message 8 - 10/10, challenge complete!

[Sarah]

Message 11 Updated

20/20-COMPLETED

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #14: 39/30

I read 7 more books in happy countries since my last update. All were in England, so I didn't change the miles I traveled. Thanks again, Rachael!

[Rachael]

Congratulations everyone! Hope you enjoyed this challenge. I will do a final update of the participants list in a few days

[Allie]

Progress 22/15
Miles 54,121

United States
Bethesda Maryland My Year of Running Dangerously: A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan

France
Code Name Verity

[Amy]

Updated message 16-- 9/10
Total miles traveled-- 21,310

[Suzanne]

Finished with 5!

2022 Reading Challenge
Q3 - Miles of Smiles
Duration: July 1 - Sept. 30, 2022

Progress: 5 out of 5

The annual World Happiness Report is based on Gallup Poll data measuring six criteria -- GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity, and corruption. In recognition of WHR's tenth anniversary, together with Journeys placing second in our yearly theme poll, we will be taking a trip through 2022's top 20 happiest countries.
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2022...

For this quarterly challenge, you may select books set in these happy places, or books whose authors claim one of these countries as their birthplace or residence. If you live in one of these countries yourself, you may count only two books from your home country.

Please post a message to let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read as you pursue miles of smiles. Bon voyage!

The world's happiest countries, 2022 edition:
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Luxembourg

7. Sweden: Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Malena Ernman - *** - 8/22/2022 - 288 Pages

8. Norway
9. Israel
10. New Zealand
11. Austria
12. Australia

13. Ireland: In the Woods by Tana French - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 429 Pages

14. Germany

15. Canada: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - **** - 7/11/2022 - 302 Pages
16. United States: The Guncle by Steven Rowley - ***** - 7/6/2022 - 326 Pages
17. United Kingdom: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - ***** - 7/1/2022 - 382 Pages

18. Czechia (Czech Republic)
19. Belgium
20. France