Riding With Reindeer : A Bicycle Odyssey Through Finland, Lapland, And Arctic Norway
by Robert M. Goldstein

Imagine riding a bicycle 2,000 miles starting from Helsinki and ending up at the Barents Sea. You have to deal with horrendous storms, bears, wolves and most of the time set up a tent for your sleeping arrangements.
Robert Goldstein, in 2007, did such a feat on a folding bike with a wagon towed behind him.
Two years earlier, the author had taken another adventure on the Trans-Siberian Express, which apparently was a disaster. (He wrote about it.) Not having read this book, I wonder if it, too, became as annoying as the current one.
Riding With Reindeer had its moments, but they were few and far between. The author is very funny and writes about some hilarious things that happen to him. After a while, though, it becomes old.
I didn't finish the book. After plowing through three quarters of it, I just lost interest. The writing wasn't so great and became plodding. It's a shame because every town that he passed through was noted for either some historical figure or event and Goldstein had obviously done research to write about it.
If you're gung-ho about riding bicycles across foreign lands and dealing with the elements, this might be the book for you. For the rest of us, don't bother.