Green with Envy

I am turning green with envy. I know I shouldn't because I am finally in a country where books aren't banned, censored and smuggled like contraband goods!! But I am! A friend of mine from Bahrain has just told me how he spent a few hours at the annual book fair there .. and I really felt envious!

Because my Arabic was never up to the mark, thanks to my laziness and my Western education.. I never bothered to read books in Arabic until I was much much older.. and when I did.. I literally bought 100s of books.. some I read and some are still gathering dust. They are now in cartons, in my parent's and in-laws' homes, with relatives rolling their eyes thinking how on Earth I amassed so many books in such a short span of time.

The answer lies in Power Buying - a misnomer for stretching my purse more than I should on things I will never use. But books are never a waste of money and one day, just one day, I may be bored enough to delve into those hidden in boxes no one dares goes near!