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From a strictly personal viewpoint, I think reading the Bible chronologically is the most exciting way to read it.

First, books like Ezekiel and even Isaiah jump around without real reason, and are disjointed. Putting a book like Ezekiel or Jeremiah in order and reading it with the proper historical context of the Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah will make it come alive.

Understanding the history and background of the Jewish Feasts and observations brings light to passages such as John 7, where Jesus uses the metaphor “Living Water”. Why water? Because He was in the Temple observing the Feast of Tabernacles, which refers back to Moses striking the rock at Meriba to provide water to the Israelites. John assumed that anyone reading his gospel would understand that.