BATB score: 9/10 🙏 Best as: it’s a holocaust survivor’s memoir plus a self-help guide to happiness - a 2-in-1 combo! so this book does not end once he has escaped Auschwitz but continues on with how he doesn’t hate Hitler and how his biggest revenge is “to be the happiest man on earth” Best to: check out Eddie Jaku’s 11-minutes TedX Talk “A Holocaust survivor’s blueprint for happiness” it is pretty much what the whole book is about BATB lingering thought: so Eddie Jaku wrote

BATB score: 7/10 🤣 Likeas any stand-up comedy shows, really just for laughs. Best to: ah, so this is what Australian jokes are about - Apple Cider Vinegar Best for: knowing who Wil Anderson is helps make this book a little bit more humorous Best as: check out the audiobook read by Wil Anderson - it’s like watching his stand-up performance with your eyes closed; not bad I would have to say BATB lingering thought: this book cover though, so epic!

BATB score: 9/10 💉💊❤️‍🩹 Best to: wow wow wow what a story! I have never heard anything like this before and never would have been able to predict what would happen next; definitely a page turner! Best as: boy, I think about it every night and day. I’m addicted wanna drown inside your love. I wouldn’t wanna have it any other way, I’m addicted and I just can’t get enough Best for: you know how you still have a moral compass but yet things just spiraled for the worst? BATB li

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: 10/10 🧘‍♀️ 🧘‍♂️ 🧘 Best to: a very approachable sharing of monk spirituality and life wisdom that will make you think Best as: an introduction to monkshood for the corporate rats written in a friendly mood and tone for the average joe Best for: you know how other spiritual book can be very wordy, redundant, and boring? This book is legit good not sleepy 💯 BATB lingering thought: what would have to be the key trigger for me to quit my corporate job, my high clim

BATB score: 9/10 💚 Best for: almost a 10/10! It’s just that he wrote this book truly for himself to remember the past and to grateful for the future. “Can we live in a way where we look forward to looking back?” Nothing wrong with that. It’s just like I am that sneaky nosey neighbor reading this personal book of his. Best to: a very fun and casual read about the life of Matthew McConaughey Best as: for sure, Matthew McConaughey is extremely talented in acting and writing 💯

BATB score: 4/10 🫤 Ellen DeGeneres’ jokes are so predictable (since this book published in 2011).� Best as: let me break down Ellen’s joke structure - superficial topic about day-to-day stuff, tangent talk to other random thoughts that comes to mind, and ending by making no sense at all and making a fool out of herself; e.g. I love the Spice Girls. I love spices too. But not all spices. Some spice makes me sick. What was I talking about? The end. Best to: unfortunately it’s

BATB score: 10/10 ❤️‍🩹 wow just wow. 👏👏👏 Best to: a very important read for our generation about complex-PTSD from our upbringings, to adulthood dark clouds, to cutting ties (the frown upon / non-asian way) to heal, to finding numerous alternative help, and just surviving day by day 🥹 Best for: anyone who resonates with this statement “the stress of not meeting their elders’ expectations in a culture where they have to please their elders is real” Best as: “the three P’s

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: 10/10 🥹 words of wisdom from a 102-years-old grandma about the meaning of life, joy, and love #sobeautiful p.s. she is still alive! now at 103-years-old living happily in Arizona; yes, I googled 👵 Best to: because being alive is not the same as truly living; truly six secrets to health and happiness at every age - crisp, clear, sincere, no further questions Best as: a grandma’s warm embrace and reminder that all is well with you and the world ❤️‍🩹 BATB lingerin

BATB score: 4/10 🍎 when life is truly not on your side - the minute you are born, you have drawn the short straw and life is forever against you at the end of the day, it’s a really good story; you understand why innocent baby grew up gangsta, killing people, and ended up in jail and you feel the love the mother truly has for her children even when she have nothing to offer Best for: daredevils - the book is so longgggg (525 pages with font size 10 est. minimum reading 20+ h

BATB score: 9/10 👏 Bruce Jenner - USA olympic gold medalist, macho superhero, father of Kendall and Kylie Jenner; VS his feminine soul 🫶 Best to: psychology coined societal term “spotlight effect” make our lives an unnecessary performance BATB lingering thought: very clever! truly working smart! share your story then have a renowned professional author Buzz Bissinger write your memoir; because every celebrity has a good story but not all celebrity can be an author 💯 Best a

BATB score: 6/10 💕 Best for: first and foremost, you need to know who Hayley Morris is, please go search for her instagram handle @hayleymorris3 and watch all of her instagram reels (or her tiktok channel, if you are a tiktok person) BATB lingering thought: did you like her V Hotel Reels? so creative, I love them! I am happy I get to support a social media influencer I love by buying, importing, and reading her book; even though the shipping fee was shitload and it does not

BATB score: 7/10 👩‍👧💞 ahh it’s actually a memoir for her mom’s passing rather than a self-help book; yet, in the mom-memoir category “Crying in H Mart” wins by a mile 💗 Best for: daughters. even better if your are both a daughter-to-a-mother and a mother-to-a-daughter BATB lingering thought: two good tips, from things I wish I knew before my Mom died, is (A) to record your mom’s voice somewhere somehow and (B) in response to anyone’s statement of “my mom just passed” is “

BATB score: 10/10 🥹 BATB reader discretion advised: not for the faint-hearted, not for the unicorns and rainbow souls; because real life is truly worse than any Netflix series can depicts Best as: such an important memoir, such a valuable book; seriously, if you are going to write something, write something that is meaningful like this, it’s about being a victim, to a survivor, to an advocate Best for: humans are monsters - it got worse and worse every chapter BATB lingering

BATB score: 9/10 💗💎 wow what a comeback for Paris Hilton! Best to: what we’ve known about Paris Hilton has only been in the tabloid and what a brilliant book to tell her side of the story (book release 2023) BATB lingering thought: ‘tabloid’ refers to dumb content that actually makes you dumber and dumber Best as: after reading this memoir, to me, Paris Hilton is a very smart entrepreneur who is so clever to make herself a brand; she’s the OG KOL influencer way before socia

BATB score: 7/10 🧙‍♂️ *reader discretion advised: must be a true Harry Potter the movie series fan* Best for: you would love love love this book only if you can answer this question, who did Alan Rickman play in Harry Potter? otherwise, you would have to be googling while reading this book to understand who Tom Felton is talking about (which is fine but not immersive) Best to: I believe Tom Felton still tried to be politically correct throughout the book until the very last

BATB score: 3/10 🚀🧨 Best for: in one’s lifetime one should definitely read at least one Elon Musk book, this is not that one Elon Musk book that one should read; better to check out Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance [7.6/10 BATB] Best as: so interesting how writers capitalize on other people’s stories; I am sure Michael Vlismas is not giving any of this book’s proceeds to Elon Musk BATB linger thought: I hope this world have more Elon Musk, the crazy ones, who is insane enough to d

BATB score: 9/10 🥹 Britney Spears is such a sensation and a legend 🙇🏻‍♀️ Best to: if we talk about world peace, literally one thing that binds the world is our shared love for Britney Spears songs and lyrics [I Just Can't Sleep / I'm So Excited, I'm In Too Deep] Best for: your family can become toxic when money is involved Best as: wow 13-years in a conservatorship is insane; only in USA; 1.3M active cases right now BATB linger thought: dear Britney Spears, I am so happy t