Bible Burn: THE FINALE

Bear with me as I keep playing around with these fonts!

Quick Note: the Empress of Snark recently (as in 2 months ago...grr.) reformatted her entire blog. You'll notice that the link to her blog now reads "Arrows of Fortune." It's worth checking out! (after you read this post ;)

ALRIGHTY. Let's get down to business (now I got the song stuck in your head!).

I expect y'all to expect me to provide a sincere apology for taking so long to complete this final Burn post, and for holding you precious blog-stalkers in such suspense for over a week.

But ... thus is the nature of my swag.*

I know you're dying to know, so here is the BIBLE BURN data in an interpretable table

Books finished DURING official 72 hours

Books finished AFTER official 72 hours (times in hours:minutes)

Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi ----- Matthew Mark 1 Timothy 2 TImothy Titus Philemon Hebrews James 1 Peter 2 Peter 1 John 2 John 3 John Jude

Luke -- 1:03 John -- 00:32 Acts -- 00:41 Romans -- 00:17 1 Corinthians -- 00:14 2 Corinthians -- 00:13 Galatians -- 00:06 Ephesians -- 00:05 Philipians -- 00:05 Colossians -- 00:05 1 Thessalonians -- 00:04 2 Thessalonians -- 00:01 Revelation -- 00:22

Total reading time after official 72 hours: 03:48
GRAND TOTAL: 72:00 + 03:48 = 75:48 HOURS

I'll admit that I was wayyy more chill while determining the individual books after the official 72. I timed each book separately. I ate spaghetti. I drank tea. I texted my best friend (who happens to be the author of Arrows of Fortune [remember to check it out after this post!]). I took major breaks in between books. Sometimes I went a full day without any progress at all. Buuut the chillaxness makes me feel a lot better about the final grand total ;)

I've heard some humans bring up the issue of so much reading over so little time. And I totally can see their concern as I fly over the text. There really isn't much in-depth absorption going on. But what I wanted to achieve over the 72 hours was a birds-eye view of the Scriptures: I wanted to see the big picture.
Now that I accomplished what I set out to accomplish (phew!), I think I want to go back and do a deeper study in Joshua, Ruth, Ezekiel, John, Romans... :)

Thank you for your enthusiastic (albeit silent) support during this challenge, precious blog-stalkers!

*This tagline was taken from the honored Master Holmes, my physics teacher. He used it in an assignment description, and I deemed the phrase an excuse appropriate for anything and everything. e.g. I destroyed another LED in this very assignment today. Oh well. Thus is the nature of my swag.

Hmm. Wrapping up a blog post with physics swag. I like it.