Historical Nerdness

Tuesday  I had to drive to Atlanta in the afternoon in order to already be there for an 8:00am meeting yesterday. Ive made this drive five times already this year, so i needed someone besides crappy alabama radio and crappy georgia radio to keep me sane. This time, I headed to the good ole North Shelby County Library to get some driving entertainment. Ive had a library card at this place since i was about eight. Apparently those expire. So one shiny new library card later, I was browsing the books on cd. Two books caught my fancy. The first, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

This is a great, get you thinking type of book that one could relate to business or their personal life. J said it was required reading for his class at BSC and for law school. I told him that he should most definitely read it again, as you pick up on different themes when you are in a different stage of life. I had never read it before yesterday, and I certainly would not have "got it" in college. 

Then, I wanted a more fun , entertaining book. So of course I go with the 18 hour epic biography of Queen Victoria and Price Albert! (only me...& maybe bec) So far, im obsessed! I am a Tudor and Elizabethan geek by trade, so I havent put much time into the Georgian or Victorian era in England. Women had less rights, and  everyone was overall prudish, doest make for good fun. I did know that she was short, and they were one of the most "normal" royal couples in English history. I also knew from visiting that after he died, she placed huge monuments in London and Windsor, but that's about it. Im on chapter two, and honestly, it is very hard for me to get out of my car. Luckily im on hour 2 of 18. So much more Victorian fun to go!