BATB score: 6/10 🫥 love the fun fact scientific research references; hate the personal vlogs Best to: one year happiness project with monthly OKRs to appreciate the mundane and be a kinder person Best for: happy people are scientifically proven to be more physically attractive 😎 Best as: a very slow book for endless mellow rainy days Best quotes: “To be happy, I need to think about feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right, in an atmosphere of growth.” “We hugged for at

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: 1/10 💔 the book title has nothing to do with anything in the book Best as: Busy Philipps diary written for Busy Philipps; no tangible key takeaway just an FYI recollection of things that happened from teen pregnancy, to actress auditioning, to instagram stories, to Trump - this book does not change lives Best for: Busy Philipps and nobody else Best to: what did you want your readers to takeaway from this book, could have been a really good start before writing th

*disastrous books that have been wasting my time* BATB score: 1/10 😡 Best burn: well, if you are just going to discuss the frequently asked questions without actually answering them, please go away. Best to: keep the conversation in podcast format, unlike book readers, podcast listeners are more forgiving Best as: the book cover is cute 🦖 🦕 Best for: nobody, not intellectual stimulating, a waste of money and time

*disastrous books that have been wasting my time* BATB score: 1/10 😤 Best burn: if you assign a high school student to write a book on K-beauty (who, what, when, where, why, how, thoughts), you will get this book. Meet expectations. Best as: if you want to know what is botox Best to: know that Elise Hu, the author, is not the lady on the book cover Best for: nobody, not intellectual stimulating, a waste of money, a waste of time