Background Book Rants

Background Book Rants

By Dakota and JasmineArtsBooks
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Background Book Rants episodes

  • 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?"
    1 hr 22 min
  • 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.

    1 hr 12 min
  • 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!
    1 hr 10 min
  • 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.

    1 hr 15 min
  • 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.

    1 hr 19 min
  • 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.

    1 hr 11 min
  • 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.

    1 hr 27 min

About Background Book Rants

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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