Around the World in 80,000 pages
I thought my Round the World in 65(ish) Novels challenge would have sated my curiosity about world literature, but actually, it has only my appetite. I think it is now fair to say that world literature is a passion of mine. 1 book per country is not enough to get a handle on that nationality. And so I have set myself a new bigger, better challenge: to read my way Around the World in 80,000 pages. Starting at the centre of the universe (Shropshire) I shall read books that are no further apart in miles than the books have pages. For example, if my first book is 300 pages long, then the setting for my second book can be no more than 300 miles away. In this way, I will circumnavigate the globe. I've set myself the following rules: 1 page per mile. Pages may be carried over - for example, if I travel only 250 miles after reading a 300-page book, I will have 50 pages in the tank which can be used at a later point (this will be necessary for some legs, for example crossing the Pacific). ...
