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: 3/10 🤷‍♀️ Best to: either you love it or you hate it; wasn’t able to feel the characters and thus wasn’t able to be invested nor admire the story Best as: longing of two souls to the point of cannabalism Best for: maybe this book is better in original Korean language? Best quotes: “Faith is the key to grasping absurdity.” “Are those who fire the guns and take the bullets ever those who start the war?” “To be freed from this suffering - and if that’s not doable, t

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