BATB score: 7/10 🫠 Greatest book title ever! Best to: from aimlessly wandering in search of those others who were similarly depressed, she decided to be the person other depressed people may be looking for - hoping that someone would see her waving, recognizing themselves in her and approach her, so we all can find comfort in each other’s existence Best for: those who aren’t deadly depressed but aren’t happy either Best as: if you have never been to a psychiatrist and wants

BATB score: 7/10 💵💰💸 Dear Bradley Birkenfeld, what the damn hell? All-star private wealth account manager with an 18% commission bonus, to convicted felon for fraud conspiracy sentenced to 40 months in jail, to the Guinness world record holder for the largest whistleblower payout of 104M USD, to an author of a best seller book “Lucifer’s Banker”, and a complete jerk. What the damn hell? Best to: know that this book is a lot about him Best for: account managers on a sales c

BATB score: 8/10 🩺 I’ve learnt a shit ton about the flaws in the healthcare sector! But this book is not a kind read for everyone. Best as: a doctor’s data driven analysis regarding how messed up the medical industry really is - from doctors not washing their hands, pregnancy labor with the old-school forceps is better than a c-section, keeping the soldiers alive within the first hour of attack, doctors’ self-defined salary - so how much do you want to get paid, to making du

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: 8/10 🧡 Best to: at the very least know Viola Davis as Annalise Keating aka her award-winning performances in 'How to Get Away With Murder’ OR as Aibileen Clark aka her award-winning performance in ‘The Help’ - you gotta know her to read this book Best as: reality check for aspiring actors/actresses that beyond talent, it takes good old luck to be the lucky few who made it - a lot about the works of show biz Best for: “show me a hero and I’ll show you a tragedy” B

BATB score: 6/10 😅 a fun easy chillax read Best for: people who knows who Laura Clery is, have watched her funny videos, have watched her pregnancy labor video and/or have read her first book “Idiot” Best as: “Comparative suffering has literally never helped anyone ever. Just because someone has success or money doesn’t mean they don’t struggle.” Best to: extremely funny 😆 read+listen with the audiobook narrated by Laura Clery aka the author herself Best quotes: “I liked th

BATB score: 5/10 🍂 BATB Reading Level: Advanceeee Ocean Vuong is a poet and his story-tell rhythm is likeas a poem; you either love that about him or you don’t Best to: this book tries to be too many things - a memoir, history channel, animal planet, national geographic, coming of age; and touching on too many topics - immigration, war refugees, PTSD, illiteracy, racism, poverty, family, homosexuality #omg Best as: a very difficult book to write, to read, and to follow throu

BATB score: 8/10 👨‍⚕️🩺🩻 *Disclaimer* I love Adam Kay and I love reading Adam Kay’s books! I believe it’s comedically therapeutic. Best to: you have to read “This is Going to Hurt” BATB 10/10 first and foremost to understand the back story of H and J, his old medical adventures as a doctor, why he gave up, and why and where he is now Best as: you know how becoming a doctor is the only occupation that our parents would acknowledge as ‘attaining success’? and how your true ha

BATB score: 8/10 🇰🇵🇰🇷 The other stuff about North Korea beyond the typical authors on defectors, starvation, reunification, and Kims. Best as: a thorough interview style qualitative research on North Korea; discussion of a capitalist movement in a communist country Best for: curious minds on/of North Korea - have you ever wondered where North Korean bought make-up? What kind of sanitary pads they are using? Do they watch porn? Best to: know that the grass is always greene

BATB score: 8.5/10 🩺🩻👩‍⚕️ *Disclaimer* In another life, I do wish to be a surgeon. I do have an unfair favoritism towards doctor/surgeon related books. Best to: Atul Gawande is exceptionally talented in being a surgeon, an author, and a researcher; living proof that you can be and you can nail so many things in one lifetime Best as: so many interesting topics from mysterious illnesses, to when doctors go wild, to real life cases - literally a day in a life of Atul Gawande

BATB score: 8/10 💕 a few weeks after Osamu Dazai wrote No Longer Human, he and his wife committed suicide by drowning in a canal near their house; that was also a week before his 39th birthday *reader discretion advised* this book is not for everyone; this book covers suicide, addiction, abuse, depression, depersonalization disorder Best to: this book is a semi-autobiography, semi-novel, semi-suicide-death-note; it’s like he is trying to tell us something, a final word to wh

BATB score: 4/10 🤷‍♀️ Best as: a casual fun chillax read about the 16 tinder dates Mark Powell has been through Best to: do not blame the Tinder platform for bad quality dates; our mission is quantity not quality - find your needle in the haystack; come come I pray for you Best for: you’ll learn nothing from reading this book; actually one thing you learn is that anyone can be an author and write about literally anything

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: 7/10 💊 Best to: know that Matthew Perry is no Chandler Bing; what we saw was perfect acting that everything is alright and that’s how addiction is epic scary because you never truly know what any of us is really going through BATB lingering thought: I really hope that Matthew Perry finds a glimpse of joy of being enough and gets to experience simple happiness in his retired years; you know how you are known for that one thing? even though you have done many thing

BATB score: 9/10 🙏 Best as: it’s a holocaust survivor’s memoir plus a self-help guide to happiness - a 2-in-1 combo! so this book does not end once he has escaped Auschwitz but continues on with how he doesn’t hate Hitler and how his biggest revenge is “to be the happiest man on earth” Best to: check out Eddie Jaku’s 11-minutes TedX Talk “A Holocaust survivor’s blueprint for happiness” it is pretty much what the whole book is about BATB lingering thought: so Eddie Jaku wrote

BATB score: 7/10 🤣 Likeas any stand-up comedy shows, really just for laughs. Best to: ah, so this is what Australian jokes are about - Apple Cider Vinegar Best for: knowing who Wil Anderson is helps make this book a little bit more humorous Best as: check out the audiobook read by Wil Anderson - it’s like watching his stand-up performance with your eyes closed; not bad I would have to say BATB lingering thought: this book cover though, so epic!

BATB score: 9/10 💉💊❤️‍🩹 Best to: wow wow wow what a story! I have never heard anything like this before and never would have been able to predict what would happen next; definitely a page turner! Best as: boy, I think about it every night and day. I’m addicted wanna drown inside your love. I wouldn’t wanna have it any other way, I’m addicted and I just can’t get enough Best for: you know how you still have a moral compass but yet things just spiraled for the worst? BATB li

BATB score: 2/10 💔 please allow me to kill you with kindness Best to: the thing is, you had every right and all the merits to write your previous book “In Order to Live” [BATB score: 8/10] in sharing your personal account of life of and escape from North Korea; but then, you have low to zero merits to write this book “While Time Remains” in analyzing American culture and events from a point of view of an immigrant / new joiner Best as: or is this your academic thesis? Best f

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