BATB score: 2/10 💔 1 point for Love and 1 point for Work Best to: know that Marcus Buckingham is best with public speakings, podcasts, and youtube shorts - as for his book... it's wishy washy and a bit all over the place 🌊 BATB best effort in summarizing this book: (1) we are all uniquely weird #WYRD (2) find what you love to do #redthreads by asking yourself when was the last time you lost track of time or was singled out for praise (3) aim to get to work on what you love

BATB score: 2/10 😒 Mariana Mazzucato, my friend, please take a chill pill; all the beautiful concepts no real world practical next steps Best for: my friend, you are saying so many things that you are not saying anything at all Best to: my friend, there were some pages that include the good stuff, how about we re-write this my friend to something more friendly? Best as: my friend, you are saying a lot of thing about the same thing just over and over again; my friend, you are

BATB score: 2/10 🙈 It’s like Murakami is trying to cash out the very last few squeezes of his writing career. And what does this book title even mean?!? Best as: a buy-bait for Murakami readers; a collection piece and evidence for you to rightfully claim that you have read most of Murakami’s works; 2020s Murakami work that demonstrates how he no longer is the hyped author Best to: okay one thing that is interesting is I never thought that Murakami would be able to write shor

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: 2/10 🙏🏻 oiiii such a waste of brain cells Best to: you know that one uncle who went solo travelling around the world with his retirement money, then came back to every family gathering and could not shut up about it? yeah, Pico Iyer is that uncle. Best as: "The struggle of your life is your paradise." - my struggle right now is uncle's travel diary BATB lingering thought: better to watch travel vlogs on YouTube; okay, thank you uncle for reminding all of us to t

BATB score: 2/10🧃 not all famous actors/actresses can be a worthwhile author - extremely non-captivating Best as: anger-inducing book due to 29 chapters of the same content over and over again; extremely monotone with the most boring, insignificant anecdotal stories that do nothing for the readers BATB lingering thought: so when you write a memoir at least it should be in chronological order from childhood to yesterday, include a few unseen pictures - photo book stuff, have

BATB score: 2/10 🙄 i don’t like this book, i don’t like it at all; but can I be kind? can I be nice? can I be humble? and glass half full? try my best to see the good in the junk, the genuine intentions and the kind words of advice that McCormack sincerely wants to leave behind? no, I can not. 🫠 Best to: it’s a book written by an uncle telling you to do 1-2-3, then 4-5-6, and then 7-8-9 to be successful; legit advices just too many overloading, redundant, mundane tips and t

BATB score: 2/10 💥 *reader discretion advised* mean girls mode activated - this book is a waste of time 🙄 Best to: okie I acknowledge the good intentions, kudos to Chris Anderson for starting TEDTalk / TEDx and his generosity for knowledge worth sharing; the book is trying to share efforts, tips, techniques and inspire how one can be more generous yet this 200+ pages book would have better been a 18-minutes TEDTalk Best as: that’s why all philanthropic non-profit organizati

BATB score: 2/10 😡 omg shut up already! you know that one old leadership who kept talking, mentioning hallow frameworks, shouting some tacky quotes “differentiate or die”, dumping more business terminology and acronyms where other words would have been sufficient, feeling like he is the smartest person in the room, but it’s only shit coins he’s holding on to? Best to: a complete leadership playbook with all the frameworks you can reference to - enough for a lifetime, good fo

BATB score: 2/10 🙈 (I am sorry) this book was a waste of time - watery, no meat, no character love, no climax, nothing really, just redundant words. Best as: a fictional diary of a fictional grandmother going to Ibiza for the first time > scuba diving, old dusty Airbnb, new neighbors, poker at the casino, protecting the environment, some magic water, fortune telling, and the multiverse BATB lingering thought: the 80~ chapter breakdown is ADHD weird Best for: Matt Haig, pleas

BATB score: 2/10 🔪🔥 Gregg Olsen 2024 - spent 9 months trying to solve a “murder” of an Amish Wife and son; an “incident” that happened back in 1977! Best as: why this dusty old case where not only the victims are dead, but the suspects and witnesses are also either dead or very old to remember what happened 40+ years ago - whyyyyy Best to: 400 pages of 9 months documenting and speaking with all the suspects and witnesses; trying to jigsaw puzzle and solve the case Best for:

BATB Score: 2/10 why is this book so boring 🥱 Best as: this book discusses a single premise that every second of ours and everybody else’s micro decisions makes us who we are today Best to: that even if we turn back time and recount every decisions, we can not engineer to be the same person BATB lingering thought: butterfly effect: the notion that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could trigger a tornado in Texas Best for: “no man ever steps in the same river twice; f

BATB score: 2/10 😡 an ancient book - published in 1992 aka 33 years ago! 🕵️‍♀️ Best to: thoughts shape your mood, low mood dismisses wisdom, wisdom comes from staying in the present; yeah, that’s about it BATB lingering thought: okie this a key life lesson, when asked what is a book you’ll recommend, knowing that the person asking and/or the audience listening would never read that book anyways, always recommend a book with a title that is a full sentence in itself; instant

BATB score: 2/10 😡 you’ve wasted my time *said with an intimidating resting bitch face* please go zen away from me Best as: this is not how you introduce Buddhism to busy people; this is how you pissed off busy people with your repetitive writing style, softie storytelling, and weakest Buddhism pitch Best to: hire a very good ghost writer, re-write this book to a third of the size, get to the point don’t waste time, raise only your killer best stories, gain better street cre

BATB score: 2/10 🙄 Best as: this is not a book; it’s a collection of individual pieces of writings and interviews of other people talking about “stupidity” Best to: the more you read the more redundant it is; you start to question yourself, why the hell are you reading this book? Best for: anyone who appreciate it’s title and cover; that’s about it BATB lingering thought: dear future self, when writing our own book one day, make sure of a killer title and appealing cover des