BATB score: 10/10 🤍 for heaven and everyone up there Best to: beautifully written, very easy to grasp on the concepts of death, love, life, sacrifices, memories, and meaning Best for: maybe the best self-help book out there! powerfully narrated via a short novel; more moving than any 1-2-3 step self-growth book Now, I am reminiscing about all the faces and friendships; and now this extrovert-turned-introvert me who is living in midlife solitude just want to cry an ugly cry B

BATB score: 6.5/10 🌪 What an exotic brilliant mind - Aldous Huxley 1931. Everything in this dystopian social science fiction novel is still legitimate - make us question about the society we live in Best to: understandably why this is one of the required literature class readings; out of this world novel exploring a flip side of the world we live in with its numerous concepts of social conditioning, caste systems, sexual liberation, FORD-dictatorship, civilisation, and order

BATB score: 10/10 ⌚️⏰⏳ Beautiful, touching, and inspirational classic from Mitch Albom 💕 easily read and teary in one sitting 😭 Best to: finish the book - at the end, it's worth it; also, ask oneself, with all the minutes passing are we really living? Best for: all of us - to give Mitch Albom a chance; all of us who are pressed with time but yet wondered where all the time has passed Best as: why are we so obsessed with time? the counting of, the lacking of, the speed/quali

BATB score: 7/10 🔥 *Reader Discretion Advised* this book is rated R; 18+ content - please be wary Best to: a very interesting and thought-provoking novel from the sexual imaginations of Murakami; very descriptive of sexual desires and actual coitus Best for: Murakami fans - I understood like 65% of what Murakami is trying to relay; I do comprehend the face value of all the narrated components and series of events, yet I am positive that Murakami intended more symbolism and a

BATB score: 7.24/10 👁🔍🌏 for being monitored 360-365-24-7 SECRETS ARE LIES SHARING IS CARING PRIVACY IS THEFT Best to: a modern twist to George Orwell's 1984 - a novel about how global social network companies monitor, collect, analyse, and own all of our digital (and soon offline) footprint for the mission of a better communal humanity: targeted ads, CCTV security, political transparency, etc Best for: ex-googlers and ex-facebookers as the current googlers and facebookers

BATB score: 10/10 💋⭐️💃 A stunning novel by Frances Cha on modern day Korea - the idealistic desire for plastic beauty, the strides and sacrifices women has to endure, and the definition of love and affairs. Best to: an accurate reflection of modern day societal expectations for a woman - find a rich husband, make money, manage high social circles, save up for aesthetic plastic surgery, deal with in-laws, make a son, and calibrate about maternity leave and career consequence

BATB score: 3.45/10 🙄 By far the most confusing Murakami novels I have read; I comprehended like 34.5% of what Murakami is trying to communicate Best to: it's okay you can skip this one. I had to google "hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world explained" Best for: Murakami diehard fanclub devotee who has read at least >2 Murakami books prior to considering this book. His 'two books in one book' presented in alternating chapters back and forth signature written is the

BATB score: 10/10 🐭🤍👨‍🍳 Daniel Keyes' masterpiece written in 1959, read in 2021 by BATB (+62 years later). Lovable character, engaging journey for self-enlightenment and concluding that IQ quotient is a mere measurement of unnecessary things. Best to: a true timeless classic from a pure talented author - how could you compose something that is still 100% relatable to the general public +62 years later? #dayum Best for: you better read this if you haven't #FOMO ; for anyon

BATB score: 4/10 🔥 A novel written in 2017 and blasted to fame by Hulu TV mini series in 2020 starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington (who won shitload of award from this blaze). IMDB score 7.7/10 🔥 #dayum Best to: the mini-series did add a lot of it's own dramatic sparks and plot twistie flames to Celeste Ng's core ignition; to be honest, I bet the mini-series made the novel more juicy Best for: simple writing novel evangelist; you know how there are many novel aut

BATB score: 9/10 ❣️ Written in 1989, developed into a film in 1993 (7.8 IMDb) #dayum Kazuo Ishiguro aka The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 Best to: beautiful composition with eloquently sophisticated narration; a good juxtaposition of an affable main character's reminiscence of self 'dignity' and 'loyalty' to one's master - worthy of being a required reading for a literature class Best for: Lords and ladies of Darlington Hall, Oxfordshire; I feel very posh and of great statur

BATB score: 3/10 💔 Written in 1984 and made into a movie in 1988 (7.3/10 IMDb) - probably hyped up as early times erotic novel/films Best as: other than the polygamous coitus chapters, the rest of the book may put you to sleep 💤 Best for: literature enthusiasts on classic writing styles and novelist's reflection of life then and there; Milan Kundera's freshness includes love affairs, the Soviet, oppression to conformity, living in exile, and (modern days relatable) so what'

BATB score: 5/10 💔 you either love it or you hate it kind of book Best to: it's about depression, suicide, coping with losses, moving on, unable to move on, and Murakami style porno writings via the main character's POV Best for: if you started to read Murakami, you might as well read every book from Murakami Best as: the main character has >10 sexual encounters or telltales throughout the 400 pages of this book; this book is 100% rated R Best quotes: “Don't feel sorry for y

BATB score: 9/10 🧑‍⚕️ Alex Michaelides is exceptionally talented in character creation and flow of uncovering storyline details. The book's plot twists, climax, and the closure falling act made clear that he is a full-time screenwriter. #Bravo Best to: not bad at all for a psychological thriller novel #dayum Best for: you know how you watch a movie and you go "I bet he's the killer"? well, through the pages, I had no clue. Best as: Netflix movie material

BATB score: 5/10 🎸 unfortunately, not in Mitch Albom's top 3 best books. Best to: unlike Mitch Albom's previous signature works, this book is 2X longer at 490 pages about a fiction character called Frankie Presto; from the day he was born to the day he passed, it was quite a long journey through a series of events Best for: if you read 2-3 Mitch Albom's books, you might as well read every single book by Mitch Albom Best as: part of a Mitch Albom's collection 📕📙📘

BATB score: 9/10 🟡 Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, writes books as an art form. Best to: intellectually stimulating about figuring out the world and our purpose in life Best for: a literature class required read, a literature book club, an English Literature scholar read; Ishiguro's writings are exceptional. it's more about the narration of the story, the hidden humanity behind, and the social dilemmas of 'told but not told' Best as: "Never Let Me Go

BATB score: 6/10 🖤 written back in 1960 by Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winner for American literature in 1961, made into a 8.3/10 IMDb film in 1962, and a required read for middle school and high school kids all until 2000s Best to: old school classic book on racism and prejudice in Alabama, USA back in 1930s; narrate through a six-year-old Scout Finch POV Best for: raise your hand if you had to read this book for school 🙋‍♀️🙋 raise your hand if you remember hating it 🙋‍♀️

BATB score: 4/10 🦠 hardcore science fiction with over 300+ theoretical physics concepts, orbital mechanics explanations, and metaverse experiences 👽 Best to: nanoscience, AR/VR, string theory, astrophysics, religion, and extraterrestrial invasion; incredibly in-depth science, Cixin Liu legit knows science stuff Best for: definitely not a casual read, heavyweight sci-fi not for the light-hearted novice; *advanced level*; you must have a strong passion for sci-fi or have read

BATB score: 7.2/10 ⭐️ a French blind girl trying to survive the Reich WWII and a German boy detecting her prohibited radio broadcast and (less important) a magical valuable blue gem 💎 called the Sea of Flames Best to: 500+ pages extremely verbose, detailed, and descriptive about numerous events in non-chronological order; readers are dumped with 100+ pieces of the story puzzle, you have to figure which pieces were important and which were just extras (like made in china dupl

BATB score: 6.6/10 🤖 Bill Gates' recommended read for Christmas 2021. Best to: Sir Kazuo Ishiguro aka Nobel Prize winner for Literature aka mastermind behind "The Remains of the Day" and "Never Let Me Go" exceptionally work hands down; unfortunately, "Klara and the Sun" was okay but not wow and is definitely not one of his trophy novel Best for: if Bill Gates recommends you to read something, you try your best to meet his expectations and take his advice seriously; no questi

BATB score: 5/10 💁‍♀️🤷 you either like it or you don't. written in 2018 and immediately made into a Hulu original series 8.5/10 iMDb in 2020 #movefast Best to: why highschool 'friends with benefits' can continue to be good friends yet complicated benefits would linger, why if you don't date your highschool 'friends with benefits' back then, then don't expect to be able to date them now Best for: 'friends with benefits'; "I love you. It's not like this with other people." un