New Year's Hello

It has been awhile since my last posting. Life always gets so busy around Christmas and New Year's, but I have survived another one relatively unscathed! I guess I don't even know where to begin. A lot has gone on since last month, but I'm not feeling in a particularly sharing mood! Rather contradictary to the whole blogging purpose I guess, but what can I do? I would encourage you to check out the links I have posted. They are all interesting, to me anyway, and I hope that you will enjoy them too. I guess I will chat a bit about books. If you know of any great blogs that have to do with reading, books or writing (creative fiction, but no fantasy, sci-fi or romance please) then let me know. I love reading and writing and I am always looking for other sites of people who share these interests. I do belong to a book group that meets each month. We just did "Ivanhoe" for our January book and will be doing "Sweetness in the Belly" by Camilla Gibb for our February book. Other books that we have done recently include: "Middlemarch", "Behind the Scenes at the Museum", "March" and "Small Island". My favourite book from last year was "The Ha-Ha" by Dave King. My favourite book of all time is probably "To Kill a Mockingbird", and I am really interested in reading the new biography about Harper Lee. There are just so many good books that it is hard to choose just one favourite. I also loved "The Girls" by Lori Lansens and "Fall on Your Knees" by Ann Marie MacDonald. That gives you a general idea of the type of reading I like to do so if you have some suggestions on other blogs or websites that are worth checking out, please feel free to drop me a comment and let me know about it.
Cheers and Happy New Year!