Well, when I started in '06, I was like 5 years behind, so all I did was read BS01, including the web serials. Then I read the books. Then I watched the movies. Oh, and I read Chronicles before I read anything else. Took me only like two days. But yah... it did get complicated every once and a while, but in my opinion, it was more interesting that way cuz you didn't just have to read the books to know the story.