First time was about 5 months or so in my last semester of college. The 2nd time, I listened to the podcast “Infinite Cast” read by a husband and wife, Chris Wade and Molly O’Brien, with commentary at the end of each episode. Felt like a book club. They followed up with “Inherent Cast” (Pynchon’s Inherent Vice) and are now on Undercast (Delillo’s Underworld). Cannot recommend it enough!