Infatuated

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.  ...

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 TOMOR...

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...

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&a...

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: Dai...

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.ri...

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...

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 Hayn...

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 The Infatuated...

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...

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...

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 Gir...

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...

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 Scotlan...

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 Contradi...

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...

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...

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 Pat...

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 Infatuate...

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/playlis...

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...

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 -...

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 Deb...

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...

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 Brill...