I know I *need* to read the Bible more. I failed as a Christian when I was a teen because I didn't read the Bible, and never learned about the amazing prophecies of the coming Messiah and geneology of Christ (no-one ever explained all those 'begats' to us in Sunday School, they were too busy preaching hell and damnation). I ended up leaving my church and faith, until this year when God found me again and told me enough is enough. I'm fortunate to have found some really great Christian friends and a church home I'm comfortable in that has already, in the few months I've been attending, taught me more about the Bible and history than I ever learned in years at the church of my youth.
Anyway, I don't think I will formally join this challenge (afraid I'll just set myself up for failure) but in addition to my regular NIV Bible I also purchased a One Year Bible for Women (NLT) at my church bookstore as a Christmas present to myself. It is not organized 'in order' but includes daily selections from the Old Testament (excepting Psalms Proverbs); New Testament; Psalms and Proverbs. I don't know whether I can get through it all in one year, just reading and not understanding what it actually says, especially the Old Testament, is no longer good enough for me. However I'm thinking of at least working through the New Testament the best I can, supplemented with the Psalms and Proverbs and then starting back with the Old Testament (probably next yera) and maybe finding some online, or even purchase, some study guides to help with the historical background.
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