I stumbled onto James Gomes (pronounced "GOHMZ," not "GOH-mez") on Reddit.com, which I have since abandoned as a forum for anything other than dumb questions, confirmation bias and echo chambers.
However, I found a few interesting people along the way, like James. We were both into old books, and I was surprised to hear he'd read and re-read a particular book, like, every year ... for many years.
In this episode, we find out the particular pull of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha for James as well as how a non-reader became a regular and repeating reader at all.
Spend this conversation with us thinking about why you read and whether repeat readings help or comfort you.
Further reading:
Episode 6: Jennifer draws
Episode 5: Kevin keeps sewage moving
Episode 4: Zahara does TikToks
Episode 3: Joshua Fultz is a deacon
Episode 2: Theresa Entriken on birding
Episode 1: Rachel Rilinger does music therapy
Episode prequel: Brendan Howard tries to make podcasts
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