Welcome Adventurous Readers! It's always reading time at The Ugly Frog (tm)! I mostly read classic literature and have been continually since 2016. That's a LOT of classic literature. If you were hoping for a blog about contemporary books you are certainly in the wrong place. Prior to 2016, say from roughly 2006 to 2016, I focused mainly on reading world history. I also read a lot of ecology and lately many many research articles on freshwater microscopic ecology as that is a passion of mine to research, write, observe and educate the public about. Being of Buddhist leanings, I also read about buddhism from time to time as well some history here and there. Here I will share my thoughts on the classic literature that I read. It is one of my ways of travel along both the space and time continuums without traveling. I highly recommend it!

If you are interested in seeing the classics I have read since the fall of 2016 you can see
the complete list here. You can see the page from 2023 reading time here: 2023 Reading Time

I most recently finished reading "Women in Love" by DH Lawrence. This one is the follow-up book on "The Rainbow which I also read this year. I still need to update and conclude my thoughts on it but this will give you a good idea as I probably don't have too much to add to it, other than adding some more ?s for thought and discussion after I review my notes which I didn't have handy with me when updating the page today.

Reading Now

Currently I am reading "A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain as publisehd by Penguin Classics. You can read my preliminary thoughts on it as I am reading it and discussion / thought questions I have been inspired to come up with in connection with it HERE!