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Writers, hopeless romantics and best friends Rebecca Baird and Emily Fletcher attempt to legitimise their English Lit degrees by talking a lot about stories. We’ll talk books, films, and music, share our own writing journeys and delight listeners far and wide with our adorable friendship. When it comes to good stories, we’re obsessive, we’re effusive, we’re analytical... well we’re just completely Infatuated.
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Friday Dec 22, 2023
Friday Dec 22, 2023
It's CHRISTMAAAAS! This week, we're bringing you a bonus episode and recounting our favourite reads, listens and watches of the past year. We discuss our change in reading habits, talk about some highlights of the year, and think about some reading goals for the year ahead. We also exchange our Christmas presents (minus one that didn't arrive on time, boo)!
Thank you to the following publishers for gifting proof copies of books to Emily. You make it feel like Christmas all year round:
Del Rey for A Study in Drowning
Black Crow and Tor for One For My Enemy
Penguin for In Memoriam
Hodder for The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Our infatuations:
Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo
The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak
A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
One For My Enemy - Olivie Blake
All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
In Memoriam - Alice Winn
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride - Roshani Chokshi
Past Lives
ROCK-STAR - Stray Kids
The Weatherman - Gregory Alan Isakov
Saltburn
Oppenheimer
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about snowy Russian folklore-inspired series The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden, while Rebecca shares the charming cast of characters in Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan. We fall in love with characters, talk about the perfect series for horse girls, and chat about our wholesome winter weekend!
Our infatuations:
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower - Katherine Arden
The Winter of the Witch - Katherine Arden
Madame Burova - Ruth Hogan
Hotel Del Luna
SKZ Del Luna - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtjCLT6sMsg&ab_channel=StrayKids
Maine - Noah Kahan
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about the house full of secrets and seawater in A Study and Drowning by Ava Reid, while Rebecca shares the unexpected love stories in The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak. We dissect a song full of wordplay, discuss our upcoming dinner plans, and Emily shares a songwriter's journey from angst to romance!
Thank you to Del Rey for gifting a proof copy of A Study in Drowning to Emily.
Our infatuations:
A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid
The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak
Volcano - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB6VJXA5cYw&ab_channel=StrayKids
Miserable (You & Me) - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTDfI20gwGo&ab_channel=StrayKids
Want So BAD - Lee Know & HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbgwkgVW3HQ&ab_channel=StrayKids
I, Carrion (Icarian) - Hozier
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Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
This week, we're joined by friend of the show and fellow nerd Roisin McCrimmon. Roisin brings a SPOILER FILLED discussion about Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. We talk about favourite video games, rant about a certain character who stole our hearts and a certain character who just won't go away, and we share the scenes that stuck with us!
Find Roisin and Folklore Scotland here:
Our infatuations:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Help I Sexted My Boss - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/help-i-sexted-my-boss/id1357127065
1989 Vault Tracks - Taylor Swift
Dimension 20 - https://www.youtube.com/@dimension20show
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
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Friday Nov 24, 2023
Friday Nov 24, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about the myth behind Medusa in Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, while Rebecca shares moving The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. We discuss a song about dead dogs, a favourite album that hasn't yet been released, and interrupt a book quote with giggles!
Our infatuations:
Stone Blind - Natalie Haynes
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
Contradicting - Hyunjin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6IB_RyX1dQ&ab_channel=StrayKids
Hold On - Seungmin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89fCmIOkL9o&ab_channel=StrayKids
Light, Dark, Light Again - Angie McMahon
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
This week, Emily takes us through the music career of Korean artist Agust D (SUGA of BTS), while Rebecca shares tennis based drama Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We wade through Agust D's songs and music videos and documentaries and books, Rebecca brings us back to normality with a fun read, and Emily shares the song that comforts her!
Our infatuations:
Agust D - Agust D
D2 - Agust D
D-Day - Agust D
Daechwita music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGjAWJ2zWWI&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
SUGA: Road to D-Day
BTS: Beyond the Story - BTS and Myeongseok Kang
Haegeum music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy9qZR_OGa0&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
AMYGDALA music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX1dkYoLHVs&ab_channel=HYBELABELS
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic Readalong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1UxcJ7k-M&list=PLMiBFlqWunnpU-1msuI7o2XR3QPVNY6J5&ab_channel=V.E.Schwab
The Sunshine Couch - Wic Whitney
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Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
This week, we are bringing you a short story special, each bringing you three of our favourite short and sweet (or not) stories. We discuss why we didn't the format at first, try and (successfully?) avoid spoiling the endings, and ignore Rebecca's sniffles!
Our infatuations:
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Hunter's Wife (The Shell Collector and Other Stories) - Anthony Doerr
Exhalation #10 (The Ghost Sequences) - A. C. Wise
The Last Wish (The Last Wish) - Andrzej Sapkowski
The Six Deaths of the Saint - Alix E. Harrow
Dandelion Light (So We Can Glow) - Leesa Cross-Smith
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
This week, Emily tells us about suffragists and cycles in The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, while Rebecca shares the whimsical and wonderful Honeycomb by Joanne Harris. We fully settle into witchy cosy season, Rebecca nearly makes Emily cry, and Emily is maybe a secret lyrical genius!
Our infatuations:
The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow
Honeycomb - Joanne Harris
Social Path ft. LiSA - Stray Kids
Moving in Place - Shauna Dean Cokeland
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
This week, we celebrate Halloween as Emily tells us about witchy and weird Juniper and Thorn by Ava Reid, while Rebecca shares the dark and also very weird Shy by Max Porter. We discuss what costumes we should wear at our Halloween party, and share some seasonal favourites!
Our infatuations:
Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid
Shy - Max Porter
Bones and All
The Good Witch - Maisie Peters
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
We're back - with Season FIVE! This week, Emily talks translation in Babel by R.F. Kuang while Rebecca talks transcription in Big Swiss by Jen Beagin. We catch up on our lives since Season 4, talk holidays, and gush about a lot of music!
Our infatuations:
Babel - R.F. Kuang
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
5-STAR - Stray Kids
Stick Season - Noah Kahan
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