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Background Book Rants
Dakota and Jasmine
55 episodes
5 days ago
Join Dakota and Jasmine as they dive into a new book related topic each week, offering their opinions and commentary, whether that means sharing their morally dubious schemes, or their obsession with dark haired, fictional men. Listen in every Wednesday for your weekly dose of unconventional book rants. - Connect With Us!! Email: backgroundbookrants@gmail.com Goodreads: Jasmine - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/121249030 Dakota - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/131919993
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Join Dakota and Jasmine as they dive into a new book related topic each week, offering their opinions and commentary, whether that means sharing their morally dubious schemes, or their obsession with dark haired, fictional men. Listen in every Wednesday for your weekly dose of unconventional book rants. - Connect With Us!! Email: backgroundbookrants@gmail.com Goodreads: Jasmine - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/121249030 Dakota - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/131919993
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Our Thoughts On The Lightlark Drama
In this episode, Dakota and Jasmine explore the recent drama surrounding the soon to be released, Lightlark by Alex Aster. (DISCLAIMER: We have not read this book yet, so all our thoughts are entirely based on what we’ve learned about it. We do plan on reading it and giving our own opinions upon its release.)
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3 years ago
1 hour 51 seconds

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The Books That We Despise With Our Whole Souls

In this episode, Jasmine and Dakota discuss their top most hated books that they've ever read. They talk about their favorite bat boys, Rhys and Cassian, Detective Stevie, and Perfect Princess Harper. Jasmine shares her disdain for Conrad Fisher and Dakota discusses the Great Squirrel Betrayal of 6th grade. 

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3 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes 30 seconds

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Feral Chimps? Gonna Be a NOPE From Us.
In this episode, Dakota and Jasmine review Jordan Peele’s latest horror film, Nope. They discuss the absolute masterpiece this film was and their new, unlocked fear of chimps.
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3 years ago
1 hour 5 minutes 7 seconds

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A Review of 'Elvis': Jasmine's Newest Obsession

In this episode, Jasmine and Dakota discuss the new biopic of Elvis Presley. They discuss what they love about the film as well as their passionate hatred for one specific character. They also become monologuing villains, share their newly unlocked fear of gruesome deaths, and talk about the memorial slideshow presentation of Elvis. 

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3 years ago
1 hour 13 minutes 28 seconds

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WE’RE BACK + A Stranger Things Rant
Dakota and Jasmine are back!! In this episode the girls give life updates, talk about their longest reading slump to date, and of course talk about Stranger Things Season 4 (beware of spoilers)!
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3 years ago
1 hour 22 minutes 6 seconds

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Book To Movie Adaptations

We're BAAACKKK. After a quick little hiatus, Jasmine and Dakota return with an episode discussing book to screen adaptations. The girls talk about their opinions on adaptations in general, some of their favorite and least favorite adaptations, and some upcoming 2022 releases!

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3 years ago
56 minutes 19 seconds

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Save One, Drop One: Book Edition

This week, Dakota and Jasmine play a game of Save One, Drop One, where they are given the choice between two book related things and have to choose which one to save or drop. In the episode, the girls have the embarrassing revelation that they completely missed the one year anniversary of the podcast, Dakota betrays the Darkling, not once, but TWICE, and Jasmine boldly states that she will never in a bajillion years marry a farmer.

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3 years ago
50 minutes 29 seconds

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Books That Have Us In A Chokehold

In this week's episode, Jasmine and Dakota give a list of their current favorite books! Dakota talks about the glue that is holding her life together that is Six of Crows, both girls agree they have a life debt to Leigh Bardugo, and Jasmine discusses her excessive background commentary and need to talk. The girls also briefly talk about their thoughts on the casting for Shadow and Bone season 2 (after being fake fans and almost forgetting)

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3 years ago
1 hour 15 minutes 26 seconds

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We LOVE Self Aware, Villainous Kings

In this week's episode, Dakota and Jasmine discuss a new favorite book, All Of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman. the girls talk about their ADORATION of the morally grey characters and all of their complexities, Dakota speaks on her repulsion to Gavin the Gremlin, and Jasmine describes any battle/inconvenience as a "little tussle."

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3 years ago
1 hour 47 minutes 34 seconds

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22 Books We Want To Read In 2022

In this episode, Dakota and Jasmine give a list of 22 books that they want to read by the end of 2022. Dakota talks about her bajillion unfinished books that she wants commit to, Jasmine sticks to her never-changing brand of being attracted to books with the found family+heist combination, and both girls give truly Pulitzer Prize-worthy summaries of the books.

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3 years ago
1 hour 35 minutes 32 seconds

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2021 Reading Wrap-Up
In this week's (late) episode, Dakota and Jasmine wrap up their reading year, reflecting on how many books they read, favorites, least favorites, and more. The girls talk about their ~modified~ reading goals, decide that this podcast is more character driven than ACOTAR, and question their favorite characters in wondering "do I like him or is he just hot?"
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3 years ago
1 hour 21 minutes 44 seconds

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What We've Added To Our TBR's Recently
In this week's episode, Jasmine and Dakota discuss the books they have recently added to their TBR's. 
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3 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes 14 seconds

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Tropes We Despise and Tropes We Don't In Books

In this week's episode, Dakota and Jasmine discuss some of the many tropes they hate to see in books, as well as tropes they do like (very few). The girls passionately describe their hatred for the Chosen One trope, Jasmine rants about her financial strife after black friday, and Dakota explains her rage over Beauty and The Beast retellings.

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3 years ago
1 hour 11 minutes 11 seconds

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End of The Year Book Tag + Where We've Been!
WE'RE BACK!! In this episode, Dakota and Jasmine reflect on their reading during 2021, including their massive reading slumps and book-related goals for the end of the year. The girls also discuss their current life updates, as well as where they have been for the past few weeks!
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3 years ago
1 hour 9 minutes 25 seconds

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What We Would Do If We Were In the Hunger Games Pt. 3

This week, Dakota and Jasmine finally conclude their Hunger Games trilogy journey with placing themselves into the final installment, Mockingjay. The girls reveal their disgust for the underground architecture of District 13 and question its durability, become faces of the rebellion (plus Katniss unfortunately), and forget half the plot in the process.

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4 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes 18 seconds

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Two Fictional Men and Why We're Okay With Their Murderous Tendencies: A Rant

In this week's episode, Jasmine and Dakota rant about the Darkling and Maven, and why they look past their villainous ways. In a discussion that produced very little valid points, the girls talk about how the Darkling was a bellboy for emotional baggage, and why Maven didn't deserve a redemption arc, we just felt bad for him.

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4 years ago
50 minutes 11 seconds

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The Band is Back Together: What We Would Do If We Were In The Hunger Games Pt.2

This week, Dakota and Jasmine continue their endeavor through living out the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, this time it is Catching Fire edition. In this episode, the girls get major FOMO when being excluded from the rebellion, they pitifully accept bland bread from Peeta, and hold a grudge against Katniss for risking their lives. 

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4 years ago
1 hour 21 minutes 57 seconds

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What We Would Do If We Were In The Hunger Games...Um Great

In this episode, Dakota and Jasmine discuss what it would be like if they were in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. They decide they are going to charm the Capitol audience and steal all the sponsorships, laugh at Katniss and Bread Boy, and survive the Hunger Games purely for the attention.

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4 years ago
1 hour 18 minutes 23 seconds

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Traumatic Middle School Flashbacks...But It's Fictional Characters

This week, Dakota and Jasmine imagine what some their favorite (and not so favorite) fictional characters would be like in middle school. In this episode, Matthias Helvar is pictured as a "highlighter kid" (if you know, you know), the girls dramatically remember specific people that remind them of annoying characters, and they decide that Kaz Brekker would be the "black market" kid at school.

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4 years ago
1 hour 10 minutes 40 seconds

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Fictional Men We Despise For No Valid Reason

This week, Dakota and Jasmine discuss their top list of fictional men who make them want to dry heave every time their name is mentioned. In this episode, obviously the holy trinity of garbage men are included (*cough* Chaol salad), and both girls passionately discuss their mutual hatred for a certain ACOTAR bat boy as well as many others.

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4 years ago
1 hour 26 minutes 52 seconds

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Join Dakota and Jasmine as they dive into a new book related topic each week, offering their opinions and commentary, whether that means sharing their morally dubious schemes, or their obsession with dark haired, fictional men. Listen in every Wednesday for your weekly dose of unconventional book rants. - Connect With Us!! Email: backgroundbookrants@gmail.com Goodreads: Jasmine - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/121249030 Dakota - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/131919993