It’s on my summer reading bucket list this year. Been wanting to read the whole thing straight through for decades. I admit skimming through some of the genealogies and such. Was progressing along at a pretty good clip up until Psalms - seems like each one makes me stop, re-read, and pray.
I also skipped Job for the time being - I have a well-worn, pre-owned, leather-bound paperback size Bible that’s inexplicably missing several pages of it. I have plenty of other copies, but this one is my travel companion.
I admit that I avoided reading Job for many years. My main hang up was that I found it confusing as to how I should take the speeches of Job’s friends and whether their advice was all bad, mostly good, but a mixture of good and bad. I’ve only recently been able to parse through all that and gain an appreciation of the book.
I would never discourage anyone from reading the Bible all the way through, but in my experience studying and teaching the Bible, the best way to approach it is by getting the Big Story first, then focusing down. The narrative of the Bible is found in the historical books like Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, etc. They are very interesting to read and they give you a good grasp of salvation history on which to build. You can then read the other books in the context of the entire story. If you’re interested PM me and I can recommend some resources to get you started.