BATB score: 7/10 RIP Virginia Giuffre; thank you for this memoir, thank you for fighting the #metoo #Epsteinfiles movement, thank you for shedding light on the corrupted powerfuls Best to: know that Jeffrey Epstein is not an anomaly but the norm Best as: case of the decade Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell vs. 500+ underage trafficked girls BATB lingering thought: I don’t know how you wrap your brain to wanting to have children knowing how messed up this world is; white p

BATB score: 7.2/10 “Tsunami false alarm in Hawaii” was what’s on the news; “led to a traffic spike on Pornhub for a total of 20 minutes” was what followed, never reported, but discussed in this book with trend line graphs #sexy. The daily news only got to cover the highlights, the top lines, and the 1 minute updates. By tomorrow, that news would have been yesterday’s outdated tale as old as time. But if we had had more time to truly analyze what happened with economic facts,

BATB score: 7/10 When a robotics engineer at NASA quits to scientifically answer the world's craziest what ifs (absurd hypothetical questions) with drawings of stickman comics. Personal Favourite: "If you call a random phone number and say "God bless you," what are the chances that the person who answers just sneezed?" [calculation hint: 200 sneezes per person per year.] Best for: reading on the go-go-go (on the potty, in the elevator, waiting in the lobby, in between naps, e

BATB score: 7.6/10 This is not a book. This is a research paper in disguise. This research paper has a point: the no-plastic-tote-bag lifestyle is not the answer. (1) Climate change is a natural phenomenon. It happens every millennium (1000 years) - that's why the dinosaurs went bye-bye. But this time, global warming is made-man and is happening within centuries (100 years). (2) Global warming started with the Industrial Revolution 1800s by big powers: consumerism, economics,

BATB score: 7.3/10 *reader discretion advised* It’s an autobiography and one’s personal stories are subjective to one reader’s liking. From hustling on the streets, eating worms for dinner, to sleeping in someone else’s cars, today, Trevor Noah (comedian, writer, television host) net worth is 30M USD. Nonetheless, it’s an interesting story of a mixed skin outcast during apartheid in South Africa where he’s too white to be in the black crowd and too black to be in the white c

BATB score: 7.07/10 "We are not noble in reason, not infinite in faculty, and rather weak in apprehension." - Dan Ariely #iloveyou A book of random experiments on Ivy league students behaving opposite to what logic blueprint has dictated. Control group, variables, hypothesis, and contradicting conclusions on how we believe we have understood humans but we don't understand hoo-mans at all. #uncrackable Best for: anyone with a modest interest in psychology and behavioral econom

BATB score: 7.5/10 This book moved my heart, brain, and feet. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett agrees. Best to: read the book from cover to cover in one sitting then go buy yourself some NIKE shoes and NKE stocks Best as: a reminder that doing something out of pure passion always wins #ShoeDog is a person dedicated to designing and fabricating shoes—and selling them 👟 Best for: I honestly could care less about shoes but now NIKE deeply speaks to me; a book that would impact you

BATB score: 7.654321 / 10 🚀 Best as: today's real life Iron Man, with a bullied childhood, insane dreams - Mission to Mars, deep pockets, an arrogant attitude, trophy wives, and twins, triplets, and X Æ A-12 Best to: get ready for super detailed pages of Zip2, X dot-com aka Paypal, SolarCity, SpaceX, and Tesla - Harvard Business School equivalent cases #IAmAnEngineerNow Best to: save the human race from self-imposed or accidental annihilation 👽👾🤖 Fun Fact: 149.9B, 85B, 79

BATB score: 7.89/10 How to Self-Zen for Idiots #Legit #Practical Best for: nervous Nelly who panics for no obvious reason because you will do well anyways but you are still anxious that you'll fail #yesyou #thatme #sweatypalms Best as: 1-2-3 Self-Zen guidebook for worrywart with an acceptable amount of cheesy self-help repetition Best to: "Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday." - Dale Carnegie

BATB score: 7.5/10 How Netflix would have been a shampoo company and its journey to introduce "binge watching" and "Netflix and chill". Best as: a "long story short" from one entrepreneur to another; it was never about getting rich - it was about the thrill of doing good work, the pleasure of solving problems. Best to: know that startup is a lonely place, best to have a best friend entrepreneur who's doing this with you. Best for: entrepreneur wannabes. Nobody Knows Anything.

BATB score: 7/10 🌟 I would love to hear Hans Rosling's opinion on our current covid19 pandemic - especially how he noticed that Ebola spread via moving Ebola-dead-loved-ones around communities as a cultural ritual of respect. Best for: it's a memoir; true fanclubs of Hans Rosling #RIPHansRosling Fanclub criteria: (1) have read and loved "Factfulness" by Hans, Ola, and Anna Rosling (2) have watched and adored Hans' 2006 TED Talk Best to: complete the fanclub criteria both #1

BATB score: 7.7/10 Why humans understand the importance of saving, of having emergency money, and of planning for retirement, but yet, humans fail to just that. Best for: anyone who has money-saving issues making irrational money decisions with sunk cost fallacy, annual bonus shopping spree, and/or me-first presence day gratification Best to: if you never ever read any other Dan Ariely book, consider to start Dan Ariely's wonderful series with this relatable book about money

BATB score: 7/10 All profits from the sale of this book go to NHS Charities Together and The Lullaby Trust. 100 ways to say thank you especially through this covid pandemic. Best to: know that NHS in the UK is 100% free even if you need cancer treatment, need brain surgery, or need to be on hospice care for months Best as: a reminder of how free and easily accessible healthcare is a basic human right; and yet I wonder where has all our tax money gone? oh right, a shitload por

BATB score: 7.8/10 ⭕️ A very simple concept to grasp on constant re-thinking / re-learning on one's strapped ideas. Easy read with comical illustrations. Yet, merely okay but not wow due to long wordy anecdotal explanations blah blah blah. Best to: to have joy in being wrong as such we are one step closer to being right Best for: anyone who can see him/herself saying "I go into so many meetings where there are things I don't know." likeas Melinda Gates appreciating learning n

BATB score: 7/10 👽 meh. not bad for a very simple concept on gut/instinct decision-making to be elaborated adequately with interesting storytelling. Best to: know that first impressions would mostly stick - that's why speed dating is not only effective but time-efficient Best for: book fanatics of Malcolm Gladwell; if you have not read any of Gladwell's pieces, please start with Outliers and/or The Tipping Point Best as: okay Malcolm, I like the cover of this book, while the

BATB score: 7.5/10 😨 for the 75% that I understood what Murakami was trying to say... so many uncanny characters and bewildered incidents leaving readers in an influx of ambiguous feelings; this Murakami is definitely a unique soul! Best to: Murakami's way of writing is "Murakami-ly" one of a kind; he writes in an odd flow of episodes where you restlessly continue to read hoping for some closure when there is none - and now you are left with a huge Murakami gap in your heart

BATB score: 7/10 💸 Reader discretion is advised: heavy. very heavy book dated back to the 1970s stock market. not for the light-hearted amateur readers. However, reader may survive this book by reading only the chapter commentary by Jason Zweig as he speaks human while Benjamin Graham speaks alien investor dashboard. Best as: a book that inspired Warren Buffett to build his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. empire and be the world's top 10 richest man #dayum having this book in my pos

BATB score: 7/10 from 🐰 to 🐲 Best to: know that 90% of advertising doesn't work; advertising is not all that powerful to make behavioural changes, incremental sales, or a shift in societal norm #blahblah. To quote the book, all that advertising does is to "give client an edge over their competitor" ; that's all. Best for: communications major students / graduates who are off doing a variety of jobs for a pay check - hello! me included 🙋‍♀️ (who said we're in this advertisi

BATB score: 7/10 🤯🌎🥶 Introduction to Climate Change for Dummies by the one and only billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates (gates, gates gates) 📣 Best to: remember only two numbers: 51 billion is how many tons of greenhouse gases the world typically adds to the atmosphere every years aka where we are today; and ZERO greenhouse gases emission is what we need to aim for to survive Best for: you know how Bill Gates predicted an epidemic virus that will kill millions in his 20

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