Why read the Bible?

Why start this blog and why should I read the entire Bible? Perhaps it's Easter that is to blame, or perhaps it's my personal life at the moment, or even the fact that I by chance caught a glimpse of the Bible on the bookshelf - not read, not opened and full of dust. 

I have had the Bible for a lot of years, got it from my grandmother who was a devout Christian, God rest her soul. She never got to convert me to Christianity, but she did obviously planted some seeds, after all, I have kept the Bible for all this years, right there on my bookshelf. 

And all of a sudden I got the urge to read it, to try and understand what it's all about. Well, I begin with an open mind.  I will read at least one passage everyday. When will I be done? Who knows. What will it do to me? Who knows.