After spending an entire life as a cradle Catholic, I managed among other things, to avoid reading the bible until 2023.  What an amazing experience!  We need to stop trying to solve the world’s problems with man’s ideas.  Here is the operator’s manual to get you started.  I would also recommend the Bible in a Year Podcast as the read along with Fr. Mike Schmitz.  Makes it very doable to tackle such complex and simple content at the same time.