Bible reading commandment

Commandment Three: Remember that the Bible isn’t all that long.

People seem to have it in their minds that the Bible is way too long to read.
They look at the Bible and seem to believe that it would take a lifetime to read it.
They fear it. It seems endless.
It seems like there is too much for one person to ever think of reading.
But the truth is that the Bible isn’t much longer than James Michener, James Clavell, and Stephen King novels. There are many books written that are far longer than the set of books contained in the Bible.
The Bible is in a leather cover and that makes it seem like it cannot be approached. That is unfortunate because Bibles were published in leather for the very reason that Bibles were read. In order to make a Bible last through the many readings and rereadings, leather covers were introduced so that readers would not have to keep getting the Bibles rebound or buying new ones.
Now it seems that the very cover puts people off from reading the Bible.