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The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker 1/16setting Norway. Places traveled
Norway to Denmark, Denmark to Norway 704 miles
Norway to Sweden Sweden to Norway 946 miles
Norway to Iceland Iceland to Norway 1,830 miles
Total trip 3,480 miles traveled
Norway to:
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Setting New York City, New York
Mikes Traveled 3,587
Total Trip 7,067
Book #2 The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonNew York
to
#3 The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Setting Tasmania, Australia Places traveled
New York to London 3,459 miles
London to Tasmania 10, 649
Tasmania to London 10,649
London to Tasmania 10,649
Trip Total 35,406
Total Miles Traveled 42,473
The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline Tasmania, Ireland
To
#4 The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd 2/04
Setting Ireland
Miles traveled 10,968
Trip Total 53,441
The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd Setting IrelandTo
#5 The Girl in White Gloves by Kerri Maher 2/08
Setting Monaco France
Miles traveled 1,329
Trip total 54,770 miles
The Girl in White Gloves Kerri Maher Setting Monaco, FranceTo
#6 The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Setting Russia
Miles traveled 3,875
Trip Total 58,645
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Setting RussisaTo
#7 The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd setting Nazareth and Eqypt
Miles traveled Russia to Nazareth 3,609
Nazareth to Eqypt 659
Eqypt to Nazareth 659
Nazareth to Eqypt 659
Total miles traveled 5,586
Trip Total 64,231
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd final destination Eqyptto
#8 Leonora in the Morning Light by Michaela Carter London
Miles traveled Eqypt to London 3064
to Paris 2963 to Saint Martin d Ardeche 402.4 to
Andorra 277.7 to Madrid 382.3 to Lisbon 387.7 to
New York 3,367 to Mexico 2,366.6
Total Miles traveled 10,544
Trip Total 74,775
Maureen wrote: "Book #2 The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonNew York
to
#3 The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
Setting Tasmania, Australia Places trave..."
The Age of Innocence makes such a powerful statement. Terrric prose.
Leonora in the Morning Light by Michaela Carter final destination MexicoTo
#9 The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Setting Dalhart, Texas
Miles traveled 1,354
Dalhart, Texas to Bakersfield, California 1,069
Trip Total 77,198
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannahfinal destination Bakersfield California
To
#10 Tiffany Blues by M.J. Rose
setting New York
Miles traveled 2,805
Trip Total 80,003
Tiffany Blues by M.J. RoseSetting New York
To
#11 The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly Setting Calcutta, India
Miles traveled 7,915
Trip Total 87;918
The Last Kashmiri Rose Calcutta, Indiato
#12The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende setting Chili, South America
Miles traveled 10,922
Trip Total 98,840 miles
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Chili, South AmericaTo
#13 The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali setting Tehran, Iran
So. America to Iran 9,276
Iran to California 7,390
California to Massachusetts 3,095
Miles traveled 19,761
Trip Total 118,601
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali final destination Massachusetts To
#14 Of Women and Salt: A Novel by Gabriela Garcia setting Cuba
Miles traveled 1,489
Cuba to Texas 1,539
Texas to Mexico 765
Trip Total 3,793
Total Trip Total 122,394
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia final destination MexicoTo
#15The Dutch House by Ann Patchett setting Elkins Park, PA
Miles traveled 2,499
Total Trip 124,893
Elkins Park PA to#16 The Last Night in London by Karen White setting London to Walton Georgia
Miles Traveled Elkins Park PA to London = 3,533
London to Walton. Georgia = 4,176
Total Trip Total 132,602
From Walton, GeorgiaTo: #17 When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor setting Shantung, China
Miles traveled from Georgia to China 7,420
China to London= 5,330
Trip total 12,750
Total Trip 145,352
London to:#18 Euphoria by Lily King
Setting New Guinea miles traveled
London to New Guinea 8,604
New Guinea to Sydney, Australia 1,958
Sydney to London 10,553
London to New York 3,459
Trip total 24,574
Total Trip 169,926
New York to#19 Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain
Setting London
Miles traveled 3,459
Trip Total 173,385
London to#20 The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Setting New York to London, London to New York
Miles Traveled 10,377
Trip Total 183,762
New York to#21 book The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Setting Bethlem, Georgia to Kilanga, Congo, Johannesburg, Atlanta
Miles traveled
New York to Bethlem, Georgia 832
Bethlem, Georgia to Kilanga, Congo 6882
Congo to Johannesburg 2,350
Congo to Georgia 6,882
Miles traveled 16,946
Trip Total 200,708
Georgia to#22 Lost in Paris by Elizabeth Thompson setting London, Paris
Georgia to London 4,294
London to Paris 214
Miles traveled 4,418
Trip total 205,126
Molokai to Boston 5,044 miles#24The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister
miles traveled Boston to Arctic 3,237
Arctic to Boston3,237
Trip total 224,077
Boston to#25 Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Miles traveled Boston to Ireland 2,905
Ireland to Quebec 2,732
Quebec to Missouri 1,361
Missouri to Nebraska 602
Nebraska to Wyoming 453
Wyoming to Michigan 1,409
Michigan to Boston 880
Boston to Virginia 618
Virginia to Tennessee 555
Total miles traveled 11,515
Trip total 235,592
Tennessee to#26 Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Tennessee to London 4,206
London to Boston 3,269
Boston to Jamaica 1,714
Jamaica to London 4,695
Miles traveled 13,884
Trip Total 249,476
London to#27 Lies That Comfort and Betray by Rosemary Simpson setting New York
Miles traveled 3,470
Trip Total 252,946
New York to#28Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman setting Wales
Miles traveled 3,297
Trip total 256,243
Wales to #29 Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson setting Virginia,US
Miles traveled 3,634
Trip Total 259,877
Virginia to#30 The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Setting Syria
Miles traveled 6,039
Trip Total 265,916
Greece to#33 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay setting Paris
Greece to Paris 1,689
Paris to NY 3,625
New York to Italy 4,823
Italy to Paris 888
Paris to New York 3,625 mikes
Miles traveled 14;650
Trip Total 282,019 miles
New York To#34 The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón setting Barcelona
Miles traveled 3,829
Trip Total 285,848
Barcelona, Spain To#35 The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams setting Long Island, NY
Miles traveled 3,829
Challenge Total 289,677 miles
New YorkTo
#36 Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
Long Island, NY to St. Petersburg 4,291
St. Petersburg to NY 4,291,
St. Petersburg to Paris 1,719
NY to Paris 3,625
Paris to NY 3,625
Challenge Total 307,228 miles
New YorkTo
#37 Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend
NY to Minnesota 1,258
Minnesota to Chicago 566
Chicago to Nebraska 467
Nebraska to San Francisco 1,446
San Francisco to Galapagos 3,330
Galapagos to San Francisco 3,330
San Francisco to Galapagos 3,330
Galapagos to San Francisco 3,330
Miles traveled 17,057
Challenge Trip Total 324,285
San Francisco To
New York City
#38 A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang
Trip total 2,902
Challenge Total 327,187
New York CutyTo
#39 Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell
New York City to Normandy France 3,532 miles
Normandy to England 250 miles
Trip Total 3,782
Challenge Total 330,969 miles
EnglandTo
#40 These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
England to New Mexico 4,921 miles
New Mexico to Texas 450 miles
Texas to New Mexico 450 miles
Trip total 5,821
Challenge total 336,790 miles
New Mexico to England#41 The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
Trip Total 4,921 miles
Challenge Total 341,711 miles
England to Reims, France#42=The Widows of Champagne by Renee Ryan
Trip total 360 miles
Challenge total 342,071 miles
France to Adelaide, Australia #44 The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
France to Australia 10,046
Australia to Tasmania 902
Tasmania to Thailand 4,904
Thailand to Singapore 1,132
Singapore to Sydney 6,302
Miles traveled 23,286
Challenge Total 365,357
Sydney to London#45 The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
Miles traveled 10,553 miles
Challenge Total 375,910 miles
London to Barbados #46 The Summer Country by Lauren Willig
London to Barbados 4207 miles
Barbados to Paris 4262 mikes
Challenge Total 384,379 miles
Paris to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts #47 Painting the Light by Sally Cabot Gunning
Mikes traveled 3,456
Challenge Total 387,835
Massachusetts to Jaipur, India#48 The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
miles traveled 7,206
Challenge Total 395,041
Jaipur to Edinburg, Scotland #45 The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
miles traveled 4,276
Challenge total 399,317miles
Edinburg to Devon, England#46 The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
Edinburg to Devon 449
Devon to South America 8112
So. America to Australia 6,838
Australia to New Zealand 1,381
New Zealand to Hawaii 4,606
Hawaii to Canada 3,545
Canada to England 3,896
England to Pyrenees Mts round trip 1,648
Trip Total 30,475
Challenge Total 429,792 miles
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