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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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Saturday Dec 24, 2022
Saturday Dec 24, 2022
It's the most wonderful time of the year - our Christmas episode! This week, we're bringing you our third special episode of the season and recounting our favourite reads, listens and watches of the past year. We recount our favourite books of the year, pick out some memorable passages, and we introduce you to the new creature causing havoc in the background of this recording. We also exchange our Christmas presents!
Our infatuations:
Babel - R. F. Kuang
Honeycomb - Joanne M. Harris
Little Thieves - Margaret Owen
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
Poison for Breakfast - Lemony Snicket
The Ghost Sequences - A. C. Wise
Blood of Elves - Andrzej Sapkowsk
Northern Star - Dom Fera
Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
5SOS5 - 5 Seconds of Summer
Midnights - Taylor Swift
NOPE
The Midnight Club
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
It's our Samhain Special! This Halloweeny week (Halloweek?), we each share three favourite spooky reads. We run the gamut of creepy tales, bring you a mix of gruesome and tense stories, and Emily goes full-on gothic researcher mode on one of her picks!
Thank you to Titan for gifting a copy of Not Good for Maidens to Emily.
Our infatuations:
Not Good for Maidens - Tori Bovalino
Goblin Market - Christina Rossetti
The Clockwork Girl - Anna Mazzola
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
And That's Why We Drink Winchester Mystery House episode - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e200-the-burbank-fish-flopper-and-a-homicidal-rhombus/id1204570053?i=1000501479585
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson
Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
It's our Summer Solstice Special! This week, we each share three favourite summer reads. We discuss what we even class as a summer read, our neighbour interrupts us with a loud Stranger Things viewing, and Rebecca reads out a passage that almost makes us both cry!
Our infatuations:
Sweet Sorrow - David Nicholls
Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton
I've Got This Round: More Tales of Debauchery - Mamrie Hart
This Might Get Weird - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/this-might-get-weird/id1438878323
So We Can Glow - Leesa Cross-Smith
The Blood of Stars duology - Elizabeth Lim
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about two gothic houses in Gallant by V.E. Schwab, while Rebecca shares the disturbing tale of Pinocchio's creator in The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey. We discuss our writing goals for the rest of the year, gush about season two of Bridgerton, and Emily brings us a quiz to find out which fairy tale trope we would be!
Thank you to Titan for gifting a copy of Gallant to Emily.
Our infatuations:
Gallant - V.E. Schwab
The Swallowed Man - Edward Carey
Missing Piece - Vance Joy
Bridgerton
The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA
Buy Rebecca's book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Urbane-Charmed-chosen-pockets-picked/dp/B09MYXX8JH
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about feisty and funny Little Thieves by Margaret Owen, while Rebecca shares the very mysterious My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. We discuss what songs make us think of our original characters, discover some new words for very specific emotions, and Rebecca finds us some interesting facts about pseudonyms!
Our infatuations:
Little Thieves - Margaret Owen
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
BTS Butter Grammy Performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFpIwQFNke0
BTS ON Performance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZh-w2nysuI
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows - John Koenig
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Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about philosophical book Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket, while Rebecca shares short story Vincent from collection So We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-Smith. We discuss the writing advice we thought we knew but maybe didn't, take a look at the first love letter ever written, and Emily reads out perhaps the longest rumination on eggs that exists!
Our infatuations:
Poison for Breakfast - Lemony Snicket
'Vincent' and 'A Girl Has Her Secrets' in So We Can Glow - Leesa Cross-Smith
We're Not Fucking Historians - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/were-not-f-ing-historians/id1588766832
Love Letter - Lisa Mitchell
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
This week, we have a special episode for you! We have a SPOILER FILLED chat about The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. We talk about our favourite moments, dream up some Le Cirque des Rêves tents we'd like to see, and Emily talks about some thematic similarities between this this and Morgenstern's second novel, The Starless Sea!
Our infatuations:
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Emily's The Night Circus playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aYF6lEHfstFZ9jAKh41ce?si=84f6b43de48b4ac7
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about a life and death love story in Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune, while Rebecca returns to poetry with I Love You, Call Me Back by Sabrina Benaim. We talk about recurring motifs in our own writing, ask for recommendations for a very specific niche of music, and Rebecca tells us the history behind the lilac flower!
Thank you to Black Crow and Tor for gifting a copy of Under the Whispering Door to Emily.
Our infatuations:
Under the Whispering Door - T. J. Klune
I Love You, Call Me Back - Sabrina Benaim
Things Fell Apart - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/things-fell-apart-by-jon-ronson/id1592984136
Annabel Lee - Edgar Allan Poe
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
This week, Emily tells us about the whimsical Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber, while Rebecca shares very creepy The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton. We discuss if we're planners or pantsers when it comes to writing, share a tenuous link between our quickfire favourites, and Emily finds another excuse to read out a flax-golden tale!
Our infatuations:
Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber
The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
Valleyheart - lostboycrow
Rookery - Giant Rooks
Erin Morgenstern's flax-golden tales - http://erinmorgenstern.com/writing/flax-golden/
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Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
This week, we're joined by friend of the show and Gothic Lit researcher Hannah Barretto who tells us about her love for Coraline by Neil Gaiman, and the 2009 film adaptation. We discuss why we are still obsessed with fairy tales, talk about formative bedtime stories, and Rebecca realises that Hannah and Emily are the same person!
Find Hannah here:
https://tiktok.com/@diaryofaphd
Our infatuations:
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
The Lost Storyteller - Amanda Block
Meant to be Yours - Jamie Muscato, Original West End Cast of Heathers
all my ghosts - Lizzy McAlpine
Outlander
Erin Morgenstern's flax-golden tales - http://erinmorgenstern.com/writing/flax-golden/
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