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Finding Chika: a Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 10/10 💯🥺👏 my heart hurts. a sad, emotional, and heartfelt memoir for Chika - a bubbly 7-year-old battling brain tumour DIPG, the hopeful journeys of legal guardians, and the feelings left behind. Best to: Mitch Albom is an amazing author in conveying emotions and affections in very simple writing; easily digestible by readers and, for sure, strike a chord in readers' hearts 💯💞 Best for: if you are going to read only one book this year, read this book. If you


The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 10/10 🤩❤️🔥 Mitch Albom is a hands-down brilliant author #hallelujah Best to: writings from the heart that touches souls; a very simple storyline yet makes you think about heaven, hope, and love; a feel good book that makes you believe in the beauty of life again Best for: do read Mitch Albom - for people trying to develop a productive reading habit, you can read this book in one sitting Best as: a lot of quotable snippets Best quotes: “There are two stories for


The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 4/10 🌝 Best to: meh, not Mitch Albom's best piece; you get a sense that he is trying maybe a little too hard to top as a sequel to the hit "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" Best for: if you started to read Mitch Albom's books, you might as well read all of Mitch Albom's books to make it a complete collection Best as: Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? No big deal. There's still moreeee (a total of 12 titles from Mitch Albom) blah blah blah Best quote


The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 5/10 🎸 unfortunately, not in Mitch Albom's top 3 best books. Best to: unlike Mitch Albom's previous signature works, this book is 2X longer at 490 pages about a fiction character called Frankie Presto; from the day he was born to the day he passed, it was quite a long journey through a series of events Best for: if you read 2-3 Mitch Albom's books, you might as well read every single book by Mitch Albom Best as: part of a Mitch Albom's collection 📕📙📘


Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 5/10 not all of Mitch Albom's book is a 10/10 Best to: so jelly to have Mitch Albom write one's eulogy in the form of a globally sold book; Rev Henry, your life story from a rough start to jail to redemption to singing in the hospital is truthful to one's complicated life Best for: you don't have to be religious to relate to this book Best as: if you are going to read Mitch Albom's books, you might as well read all of Mitch Albom's books


The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 7.8/10 ⚓️ and that concludes all of Mitch Albom's books in BATB collection! *disclaimer* okay fair enough, BATB has missed out one book "For One More Day" but BATB can not Mitch Albom any more even if for One More Book. Let BATB be free! Best to: okay, listen carefully, the best Mitch Albom book is "Finding Chika"; contrary to his acquired fame with his easy-going fiction storytelling, his non-fiction breaks more hearts. 1st runner up is "Tuesday with Morrie" Best


For One More Day by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 8.8/10 💜 BATB Fact: Mitch Albom's non-fiction biographies 👏 are way better than his overrated and redundant fictional tales Best to: Mitch Albom ⭐ Top 5 ⭐ definitely but do check out "Finding Chika" first and foremost Best for: all of us; who hates our mom at one point in our teenage and midlife years; okay 'hate' is a strong word, allow me to rephrase, annoyed of, dislike, conflicted with, offensive of, angered about mom, mommy, mother. Best as: a memoir to all


The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
BATB score: 10/10 🥹 wow, Mitch Albom, you did it again! 👏 Best to: wow what a story, a little bit of fiction, a lot of non-fiction, written gracefully, emotionally narrated, engaging storytelling structure, happy closure ending, oh so beautiful 🫠 Best as: “It was a time in human history where the world was cleaved in two, those doing nothing about the horror and those trying to stop it. A world of light and dark.” and unfortunately, this is what is happening today in Gaza
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