I’m a re-reader. One of the things I enjoy about reading a book more than once is that it usually opens my eyes to things I did not perceive the first time I perused a written work, be it fiction or non-fiction. I also enjoy hearing other’s opinions of stories – what they liked or disliked, what changed their thinking on a certain topic, how the story changed their view of the author.

In a previous post I recommended some of my favourite podcasts, a couple of which I will recommend again. I enjoy the following types of podcasts, not only because the hosts go chapter-by-chapter through an author’s work, but also because there are occasionally interviews with experts on the author or work, or general tidbits of information that help make an idea in the work more understandable. The following podcasts are some of my favourites I lovingly call ‘book clubs for the introvert’:

The Lamp-post Listener – Currently going through The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader” by C. S. Lewis, this podcast has also gone through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia, both also by Lewis.

Pints with Jack – Currently going through Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis, this podcast has also gone through Mere Christianity and The Great Divorce, both also by Lewis.

The Prancing Pony Podcast – Currently going through Book II of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, this podcast has also gone through The Silmarillion and The Hobbit, both also by Tolkien.

Speaking with Joy – Although not currently going through a book, the past two summers this podcast has gone through The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis and Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.