Infatuated

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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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 

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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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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:

https://folklorescotland.com/ 

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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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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 

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

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

The Infatuated Mix - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YjGlH5FkuYe0jLdWTT4oH?si=BmCCbA96TPKD9AJXykhAaA 

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Music: https://www.purple-planet.com