BATB score: 9/10 ❤️ page-turner, unable to put down, impossible to predict what’s next, full of surprises and suspense, a plot twist with every chapter, bravo read Best to: ahh, so this kind of book gets selected by Netflix; a novel written by John Marrs, adapted into a Netflix Series in 2021; IMDb 6.6/10 British science fiction television series Best as: how far does one go to find the one? and when you are told he/she is the one for you (scientifically proven) would we forc

BATB score: 9/10 🥺 a memoir of a sexually abused survivor sharing it all especially about how social services failed to save child victims aka completely missing their core job Best as: bold, bold to write and claim your own story of child abuse, bold to put your own brother, mother, and step-father in prison, bold to be able to restart and finally enjoy life as a single mom of five children and one angel child 😇 Best to: she wrote the book in 2021 and then changed her name

BATB score: 9/10 🐟 *book elevator pitch* how did Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle (mandate roles, smelly fish, early hours, low wages) be a fun, happy, great place to work? Best as: simple easy good read, here’s a conclusive book summary 1. PLAY - Work made fun gets done. 2. MAKE THEIR DAY - turn routine encounters into special memories 3. BE THERE - be present wholeheartedly 4. CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE - optimism and gratefulness attracts positivity Best for: a reminder for al

BATB score: 9/10 👏 Best as: Bill Gates’ 2025 recommended read is 700 pages long; took BATB a distracted 1 month to complete - enjoyed most of the chapters tho Best to: a memoir of a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner sharing the behind the scenes of Tiananmen Square, the Yemeni civil war, the Darfur genocide in Sudan, sex slave in Southeast Asia, Cuba warlords and so much more reportings BATB lingering thought: now where’s the line between passive reporting a

BATB score 9/10 🥹 Best as: honesty, if I have had her psychiatrist and had to endure these psychiatrist’s advices / conversations, I would have commit suicide too #RIP Best to: Korean psychiatrists is biased to the importance of keeping up with work you hate, guilt tripping quitting work, and ideal women’s appearances ie. Korean fat camp Best for: tough to be Korean Best quotes: “Do you think this depression, this helplessness, decreases interest or curiosity or fun in life?

BATB score: 9/10 Best as: a diary of a doctor in palliative care guiding the dying through their last moments Best to: you know how we can only die once, and so we really can’t predict nor prepare how it would be (even those peaceful deaths), worst yet, those who have experienced full death can not come back #resurrection and share their learnings; and so there’s lot of anxiety on the leading days to death as a dying novice BATB linger thought: most common question is will it

BATB score: 9.5/10 🥹 reader discretion advised not an easy read, book is trying to make a very unpopular difficult point, not early retirement but never retire to fight for a cause for the betterment of the world 👏 💯 Best to: are you team Gandhi or team Greta Thunberg; are you pure zen 🧘‍♀️ for self or passionate activist 🏃‍♀️ for humankind? “Moral ambition is the will to make the world a wildly better place. It’s a longing to make a difference - and to build a legacy t

BATB score: 9/10 🥹 Best for: female 30+ years old reminiscing those good old days and questioning what does the future holds Best as: a millennial’s memoir about those younger sexier years going on Tinder dates BATB lingering thought: damn it, yes, Tinder was super fun for Millennials and no longer relevant for Gen Z 😭 Best to: it’s more about that few bffs that you have for life, heartfelt enjoyable read Best quotes: “You have to choose which you’d rather be: the woman who

BATB score: 9/10 🤔 Best as: workaholism is not only / not just putting extra hours at work, it’s a toxic mental illness Best for: anyone who can relate > “Workaholism involves that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you can’t rest, that you ought to be working all the time. Workaholism also involves feeling guilty and anxious when you are not working. It’s the fact that even if you are not physically doing work, you are thinking about that email you should send, mulling