If you want to make it A LOT easier on yourself, check this out...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/cus...507846&s=books
The BoM readers edition edited by Grant Hardy - who happens to be my brother in law... I can read the BoM 3 or 4 times faster in this format. And my retention is better as well. I read 1st and 2 Nephi in one sitting!
Read the reviews below on the link. They are very positive.
Yes, he is my BiL, and yes, this is a plug, but all royalties he gets from the book (he makes about a dollar per copy sold) go to the perpetual education fund...