BATB score: 3/10 🙄 Best to: please say hello to your higher self on my behalf; made it to chapter 7 and I can’t go any further Best as: the problem is, it’s a lot of personal anecdotes - unsubstantiated with any material; love the exercise guide but pretty basic, been there, done that Best for: I believe I have exercised by Higher Self by deciding to put this book down 😇 BATB lingering thought: this trend for self-help / self-love.. bring about a lot of fake gurus and wanna

BATB score: 8/10 BATB re-read, still epic and critical 👏 Best as: a reminder to us all that it is a choice “just because I was invited didn’t seem a good enough reason to attend” Best for: don’t be that person on your deathbed regretting “I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.” Best to: how to say no gracefully “I am flattered that you thought of me but I’m afraid I don’t have the bandwidth.” or “I would very much like t

BATB score: 7/10 🫶 re-read of BATB’s favorite books: Adam Kay quits becoming a doctor and became a comedian instead 💯 this book is his diary entries Best to: would love to read about the thought process of leaving at the final year of doctor residency, one’s mental talk, stakeholders / family expectation management, and how does one come back and make sense of it all Best as: any career is tough when you put your heart into it 🥹 Best for: anyone who wants to be a doctor or

BATB score: 6/10 Best to: pretty much common sense on what not to do when you get old but a good reminder nonetheless Best as: a fun and funny read Best for: a memoir of a 60+ year old, Steven Petrow, renowned Washington Post and New York Times journalist, yet his most treasured memories were not about work; anybody who needs this reminder Best quotes: “each of us is old when we think we are - when we accept an attitude of dormancy, dependence on others, a substantial limitat

BATB score: 8/10 🫶 Adam Kay’s top five best medical memoirs recommendations Best as: a psychologist specializing in mood disorders who has bipolar disorder + maniac depression herself 🤯 Best to: beautifully written and eloquently narrated the feelings and struggles of depression Best for: a doctor’s memoir- I believe it is impossible for one to know what depression feels like unless you have had it Best quotes: “The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you fi

BATB score: 10/10 🥹 Best as: finally a book that explains mothers, mother-daughter issues, and how daughter can work through them 👏 Best to: extremely practical with checklist to verify whether you do have a narcissistic mother and whether you have been an affected daughter ie. Do you feel valued by your mother for what you do, rather than for who you are? Best for: daughters who never felt that they were ever good enough for their mothers 🥹 Best quotes: “Because good girl

BATB score: 6/10 🚫 reader discretion advised this book is trying to pitch for an unpopular opinion that “while grit is a virtue, quitting is a vice” that quitting is a winner mentality - tough pitch indeed Best for: when quitting is the better obvious choice, can we clap for quitters? Best to: there are marathon runners who finished the race despite a broken leg because quitting is not an option Best as: applause for the Mount Everest climbers who turned back and didn’t mak