I did it! I read the whole Bible in a year (welll technically, Father Mike read it to me on his podcast). I haven't read the whole thing straight through like that since I was a teenager. It is more interesting now that I am adult with the knowledge of literature, interpretation, critical analysis, sociology etc, that I have built up over the decades. I also always appreciated Fr Mike's commentary and the way he points out references to other parts of the Bible, linking it all together and reminding us of what we have already read. This was also my first year reading the deuterocanonicals and the expanded version of Esther - better late than never!