It's time to step into (our) Christmas (episode)! This week, we're bringing you a bonus episode and recounting our favourite reads, watches, and listens of the past year. Em has lost her voice, we talk about some impactful media, and we exchange our Christmas presents!

Thank you to Titan for gifting Emily with a copy of A Sorceress Comes to Call. You make it feel like Christmas all year round.

Our infatuations:

Happy Place - Emily Henry

If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio

A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher

Song of the Stag - R. M. Brown

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo

Strong Female Character - Fern Brady

The Hemlock Queen - Hannah Whitten

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf

Parasite

Dog Day Afternoon

Joyride

boy - Luke Hemmings

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess - Chappell Roan 

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This week, Emily tells us about a deep sea exploration gone wrong in Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, while Rebecca shares memoirs within memoirs in Must I Go by Yiyun Lee. We recap our Spotify Wrapped for 2024, share some haunting reads for our final (normal) episode of the season, and Emily finds a podcast where her niche interests interact!

Our infatuations:

Stray Kids

DPR IAN

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

Sabrina Carpenter

Luke Hemmings

Don't Go Insane - DPR IAN

Blueprint - Stray Kids

Ballroom Extravaganza - DPR IAN

Hard to Love - BLACKPINK

Fri(end)s - V

Taylor Swift

Chappell Roan 

Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan

loml - Taylor Swift

boygenius

Christian Lee Hutson

Katie Gavin

Phoebe Bridgers

Afraid of Heights - boygenius

Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield

Must I Go - Yiyun Lee

Derren Brown on Off Menu - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4G60UjNFXUJOi614HYtLwD 

Marietta - Medium Build

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This week, Emily tells us about nocturnal investigations in Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio, while Rebecca shares stories from within castle walls in The Birdcage Library by Freya Berry. We talk about Fable being in jail, review a highly anticipated film (it's Paddington in Peru), and Rebecca tells us about some social media content that will make you want to stay off social media!

Our infatuations:

Graveyard Shift - M. L. Rio

The Birdcage Library - Freya Berry

Breath of the Wild

Heidi Becker - https://www.instagram.com/heidiunhinged/ 

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This week, Emily tells us about strange food cravings in The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim, while Rebecca shares the sinister side of self care in Rouge by Mona Awad. We talk about Fable going missing (but returning!), share some fears described in these novels, and Emily brings up Stray Kids yet again!

Our infatuations:

13 - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDaD2y5J5b0&ab_channel=StrayKids 

Respirator - HAN and Seungmin of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGtJXeH6LQ&ab_channel=StrayKids 

Human - HAN of Stray Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEjHFRzv5TY&ab_channel=StrayKids 

Prelude to Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party

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This week, Emily tells us about Lemony Snicket's undying love for a woman named Beatrice in The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket, while Rebecca shares the Studio Ghibli-esque tale of The Mermaid From Jeju by Sumi Hahn. We discuss our favourite fictional bands, Emily reads an excessively long Lemony Snicket quote AGAIN, and Rebecca teaches us some diving history from Jeju!

Our infatuations:

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Sing Street

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost

Freaky Friday

Wayne's World

The Beatrice Letters - Lemony Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

Poison for Breakfast - Lemony Snicket

The Mermaid From Jeju - Sumi Hahn

Rivals

Paradise Pop. 10 - Christian Lee Hutson

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This week, we are joined by author Rebecca Brown to talk about and read from her debut fantasy novel, Song of the Stag. We discuss the Scottish influences behind the book, talk about the political events that led to Rebecca wanting to write this story, and we learn some of the process of getting a book published!

* SPOILER WARNING for 1:09:36 - 1:14:14 *

Find Rebecca Brown here:

https://www.ringwoodpublishing.com/product/song-of-the-stag-by-r-m-brown/

https://folklorescotland.com/ 

https://instagram.com/authorrmbrown/ 

Our infatuations:

Song of the Stag - R.M. Brown

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This week, Emily tells us about faerie researchers in Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, while Rebecca shares the torture of writing in Better By Far by Hazel Hayes. We discuss characters with the same names as us, how a holiday unlocked a quickfire favourite, and Emily recommends yet another horror film!

Our infatuations:

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett

Better By Far - Hazel Hayes

X

Alphonse Mucha 

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This week, Emily tells us about goddesses in Greek mythology in Divine Might by Natalie Haynes, while Rebecca dives into the storytelling in The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift. We discuss artists' relationship to fame, add a big old chunk of TS to the Infatuated Mix, and Rebecca shares some memorable moments from her time at the Eras Tour!

Our infatuations:

Divine Might - Natalie Haynes

The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift

All Too Well music video - https://youtu.be/tollGa3S0o8?si=ZnutfKznAlcAoFsT 

Sleep

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This week, Emily tells us about butter and journalism in Butter by Asako Yuzuki, while Rebecca shares a strange neighbourhood in Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood. We catch up on our summers, discuss Paul Mescal's love life, and Emily shares her new crafty hobby!

Our infatuations:

Butter - Asako Yuzuki

Whoever You Are, Honey - Olivia Gatwood

The Secret of Us - Gracie Abrams

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We're back and it is season SIX! This week, Emily talks witchy words in The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland, while Rebecca talks about the collective curious boys and sad girls in The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. We catch up on what's been going on since Season 5, share some recent concerts and holidays, and it is the first of many episodes where Rebecca is sick!

Our infatuations:

The Invocations - Krystal Sutherland

The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides 

Challengers

Beach Chair - Medium Build

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