BATB score: 10/10 💙💙💙 Bravo Matt Haig 👏 💯🙇‍♀️ thank you for making us appreciate our stupid little life and the meek joy of living in such a beautifully narrated book Best to: so, you have as many lives as you have possibilities. Different made-choices lead to different outcomes. If there was one thing that was done differently, your life would have been a different story. So, with infinite choices, what is the best way to live? Best for: people experiencing midlife cri

BATB score: 10/10 📕‼🔺 well-written 👏 the different lives of North Koreans: the selected Pyongyang elite, the starving Chongjin shameful caste, the defectors, the loyalist, the real tears and the saliva ones Best to: the best introduction to North Korea's communism rule, dictatorship regime, 360 propaganda, blinded loyalty, flawed management, starvation, hopeless deaths, and survival act of defectors Best for: politics and human rights aside; North Korea's Kim-family dictat

BATB score: 10/10 🏆 the most important money book in mankind about having 'enough' and so anything more is mere incremental but I am already comfortable Best to: clarity in 'JOMO' joy of missing out when your friends post on social media about their high gains on crypto and/or stock investment as it's probably because of pure luck that can not be repeated Best for: all of us; questioner of 'meaning of life' and one's relationship with money Best as: the best investment strat

BATB score: 10/10 💕 the best autobiography written in mankind, the making, the struggles, the crack, the enlightenment of Will Smith 😎 very clever that Will Smith wrote this book, I respect his legacy even more 💪 Best to: it's about not wanting to be second in anything, about being a dreamer with wings that outshines your family/marriage, and about 'enough' happiness after tremendous success Best for: if you think Will Smith was a great actor in the movie 'The Pursuit of H

BATB score: 10/10 💯 a critical and an essential read on mental work-life balance (as physical work-life is so yesterday's concept) Best to: you know how work continues to linger in your mind on weekends? ya, that's no good; unfortunately in some cultures it is called 'dedication', 'devotion', 'determination', or even 'above and beyond' - so embarrassing, i know #badinfluence Best for: don't brag about working overtime, over the weekend, or pulling all-nighters, it sucks and

BATB score: 10/10 🦾🚀🤖 This book is so important, a critical read, a hidden gem 💎. It's reading 10 visions (like a fortune teller) on what our future would look like. Dude, it can not get any more crazy mind-blown than this. 🤯 Everything is in this book: GDPR, AR/VR/XR, crypto mining, deepfake, AI job displacement, natural language computing, cyber security, and omg meaning of life. This book is smarter than all of us. Best to: You know how Mark Zuckerburg calls out 'Meta

BATB score 10/10 🎤🤩👏 extremely important read covering the critical 9 tips and techniques to "ideas worth spreading" talks; I am so sorry that I was too arrogant to give this a read since 8 years ago 🙏 #mybad Best to: it doesn't get any clearer than this; literally 9 things on what you need to do, why, and how 💯 to be a memorable superstar speaker 👏 Best for: amateur speakers who needs the how-to and professional speakers who needs a refresher (since it's been so long s

BATB score: 10/10 💎💎💎 this book is a hidden gem! business schools should include this book in their syllabus asap; I swear, I believe I have to re-read this book and make sure that I have squeezed out all of it's critical essences into my brain Best to: a complete explanation, constructive case studies, holistic theories, and hands-on practices on starting, keeping, and growing network effects for your consumer tech business 💯 Best for: anyone in consumer tech, business g

BATB score 10/10 💙💙💙 to all women and LGBTQIA+ who are climbing the corporate ladder in this patriarchal bro-hood, you MUST READ this book; it does not get any more honest, real, critical, and actionable than this 💯 Best to: hey baby girl, let's have a real talk about what you need to do to get on top. don't fall victim to the imposter syndrome, cinderella syndrome, queen B fallacy - f$ck it, kill them all 👸 Best for: hey baby girl, I don't think you will be ready for wh

BATB score: 10/10 🏠🏚🛖 wow just wow. 2017 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Bill Gates' recommended read wow just wow. Best to: sociologist Matthew Desmond worked his ass off for this book! his hands-on on-ground research to share the stories of 8 struggling families evicted and in deep poverty in Milwaukee 👏 in-depth data collection from years of observations, surveys, and interviews then written in such an emotionally touching book with a little bit of psychological

BATB score: 10/10 💛 An extremely heartfelt memoir about a mother’s influence on a daughter to live a dream that she never had (yet not at all the daughter’s dream) Best for: daughters with mother issues that metamorphose into forever self-doubt and low self-esteem of never being good enough Best to: quickly check “Jennette McCurdy Through the Years 2005-2014 | NickRewind”, “Sam Puckett’s Fried Chicken Addiction”, and “Sam Puckett’s Butter Sock” on Youtube to witness her chil

BATB score: 10/10 🌷 Wow. What a classic! Definitely Amy Tan’s literary masterpiece 🌟🤩💫 Best to: prepare pen and paper to map out which grandmother, mother, daughter are related and what tragedy happened to who resulting with what in which chronological order 4 grandmothers, 4 mothers, 4 daughters, 2 granddaughters and many men in between Best as: a reminder of how we can not walk in anybody else’s shoes 👠, how each generation has their own challenges, and why miscommunic

BATB score: 10/10 heart 🤍 #BATBREREAD Best to: Matt Haig wrote about his depression back when he had depression from 24-32 y/o (1999-2007); unfortunately, today (2022), at 47 y/o his depression is back. Matt Haig shared on his instagram “earlier this year I nearly died by suicide because I knew I would never be happy again” September 2022 Best as: the first time I read this book I was trying to understand my friends who have depression about how depression really feels like;

BATB score: 10/10 💙 #BATBREREAD Best as: what a one-of-a-kind story indeed; giving it your all for neurosurgeon residency just a few months away to graduation (delayed gratification) diagnosed with terminal cancer (life has other plans) - life took a big detour to chemo and therapy - and yet life was cut short to only 22 months more; total lifetime 37 y/o Best to: death is inevitable, it’s just a matter of how soon Best for: just a reminder that this book made Bill Gates cry

BATB score: 10/10 🧘‍♀️ 🧘‍♂️ 🧘 Best to: a very approachable sharing of monk spirituality and life wisdom that will make you think Best as: an introduction to monkshood for the corporate rats written in a friendly mood and tone for the average joe Best for: you know how other spiritual book can be very wordy, redundant, and boring? This book is legit good not sleepy 💯 BATB lingering thought: what would have to be the key trigger for me to quit my corporate job, my high clim

BATB score: 10/10 ❤️‍🩹 wow just wow. 👏👏👏 Best to: a very important read for our generation about complex-PTSD from our upbringings, to adulthood dark clouds, to cutting ties (the frown upon / non-asian way) to heal, to finding numerous alternative help, and just surviving day by day 🥹 Best for: anyone who resonates with this statement “the stress of not meeting their elders’ expectations in a culture where they have to please their elders is real” Best as: “the three P’s

BATB score: 10/10 🧢 Best to: just be there and do nothing - rental person’s pro bono story with request like can you watch me work on lazy WFH, walk with me home on a bad day, sit with me at a cafe while I order a girly beverage of apple soda, listen to me and only say “aha”, watch me play on the swing, stand and wave at me at the marathon finish line, etc is so interesting! Best as: the human need for a new type of relationship that is in between strangers and friends; the

BATB score: 10/10 🥹 words of wisdom from a 102-years-old grandma about the meaning of life, joy, and love #sobeautiful p.s. she is still alive! now at 103-years-old living happily in Arizona; yes, I googled 👵 Best to: because being alive is not the same as truly living; truly six secrets to health and happiness at every age - crisp, clear, sincere, no further questions Best as: a grandma’s warm embrace and reminder that all is well with you and the world ❤️‍🩹 BATB lingerin

BATB score: 10/10 🥹 BATB reader discretion advised: not for the faint-hearted, not for the unicorns and rainbow souls; because real life is truly worse than any Netflix series can depicts Best as: such an important memoir, such a valuable book; seriously, if you are going to write something, write something that is meaningful like this, it’s about being a victim, to a survivor, to an advocate Best for: humans are monsters - it got worse and worse every chapter BATB lingering

BATB score: 10/10 👏👏👏 *required reading for office employees* we need to redefine our relationship with work because it is overrated and unhealthy Best for: any one who has said they are ‘passionate’ about the industry, company, or role; do know that the feeling was never mutual 💔 Best as: if only we can compete on who has better work-life balance instead of who has better work success (over what sacrifice), life would be so much more enriching and interesting BATB linger