“I envy people who only see one side of any question. It saves so much mental wear and tear…” – Nellie McClung (April 23, 1938) Way back when, Canadian suffragist, writer and activist Nellie McClung wrote in a world on the edge of the Second World War. Her facetious opening line indicates the woman’s thoughts…

❤️❤️❤️ First, I must say I was introduced to Westeros by the hugely popular eponymous HBO series and hated it. It was too much for me, but my husband loved it. So I decided to try reading it instead, and I can finally see what the fuss is about. Book 1 focuses on the festering…

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Imagine what life must be like for a child born in captivity. A child born to a kidnap and rape victim and her kidnapper. That is what Canadian author Emma Donoghue attempted with Room. Told from the perspective of a five year old boy named Jack, who believes that the outside world is just…

My province is heading into an election this week, and thanks to women like Nellie McClung I have the right – not the privilege, the RIGHT – to vote for my government. If you are lucky enough to be born in a country where your voice can be heard, please do not squander it. Your…

❤️❤️❤️❤️ In the last 8 months, i have made it my goal to read every bit of feminist literature or memoir that I could get my hands on. In my lifetime, Steinem has been a name synonymous with the Women’s Movement, and vocal feminists. Detailing her life as a feminist activist and organizer, we see…

Bossypants is technically an autobiography, but it is also a comedy book and satire on our culture. The oft-quoted line: “every girl is expected to have Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a classic button nose, hairless Asian skin with a California tan, a Jamaican dance hall ass, long Swedish legs, small Japanese feet, the…

❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am so tempted to add five or six more hearts to my measuring scale just for Caitlyn Moran. If every man, woman and child read this book immediately, the understanding of the word “feminist” would no longer be up for debate. Her book is so funny, her take on life and activism so…

Pew Pew!! May the 4th was selected as the perfect day to give my friend her geeky 🤓 bachelorette party! But first coffee!  #maythe4thbewithyou #happystarwarsday #pewpew #coffee #coffeecoffeecoffee #stormtrooper #geekygirls #geekgirl #bacheloretteparty #butfirstcoffee #nerdygirls #fandom #fandoms #fandommashup #nerd #nerdstagram #starwars #kalidesautelsreads 

❤️❤️❤️ When a poet writes prose, one can be sure to be swept away in the beauty and lyric of the writing. Such is the case with Mary Oliver’s essays. A compilation of her musings and meanderings of the natural world, literature and the artistic process, Upstream is Oliver’s gift to the prosaic world. She…

❤️❤️❤️❤️ I will preface this review by mentioning that yes, both books were written by different authors, and they were written almost half a century apart, but I was introduced to them as a set, and thus, my review is for the set 😉 Heidi is a gorgeous children’s story from the 19th Century, telling…