The local college radio station jazz show was playing an old standard, and I found myself thinking, “that’s why the lady is a scamp!”

I had an odd little experience this morning when I first arrived at work.

First, the building where I work has two long hallways, connected by several crossways. But to make it easier, think of it as an upper case H.

I enter the ground floor of the building at the foot of one leg, halfway down the hallway turn onto the crosspiece, and then when I reach the other leg, take the stairs up to the first floor.

This morning, after turning from the main hallway into the cross way, I suddenly noticed my footsteps were strangely louder–as if I was wearing shoes with hard heels instead of the soft soles I have been wearing. (The sidewalks have been treacherous–one ugly slide and a fall in a single day put me off wearing my Docs until the walks are clear.)

I softened my step, but I could still hear the striking of my heels on the tile.

Then I reached the intersection and saw walking away from me a woman in boots, walking the exact pace I was.

She was not, however, my doppelganger, seeing as she was tall and thin with long, straight, blonde hair.

Not only were there no existing images of a Bespin Clown Car, apparently NO ONE ELSE ON THE INTERNET EVER MADE THIS MISTAKE.

What do I win?

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Compass Rose by Gail Dayton
The Barbed Rose by Gail Dayton
The Eternal Rose by Gail Dayton

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).
Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.
Here is what I have in paperback.

Shadow of Destiny by Rachel Lee
Shadows of Myth by Rachel Lee
Shadows of Prophecy by Rachel Lee
The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue
Harvest Moon by Mercedes Lackey et al
Winter Moon by Mercedes Lackey et al
Wicked by Gregory Macguire

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
Whiskey and Water by Elizabeth Bear
Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
Hell and Earth by Elizabeth Bear
Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez
The Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone
Lucifer’s Shadow by David Hewson

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
The Darkly Luminious Fight for Persephene Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
The Once and Future King by TH White
The Lord of the Fire Lands by Dave Duncan
The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan
Beauty by Sherri S Tepper
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Falls the Shadow by Sharon Kay Penman

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

Silver’s Edge by Anne Kelleher
Silver’s Bane by Anne Kelleher
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett
The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback:

The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Cat’s Claw by Amber Benson
Death’s Daughter by Amber Benson
Starman by Sara Douglass
Enchanter by Sara Douglass
The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
The Nameless Day by Sara Douglass
The Wounded Hawk by Sara Douglass

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback:

The Lodge of the Lynx by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris
St Patrick’s Gargoyle by Katherine Kurtz
The Temple and the Crown by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris
The Temple and the Stone by Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris
Summon the Keeper by Tanya Huff
The Second Summoning by Tanya Huff
The Vampire of New York by Lee Hunt

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

Here’s the compilation of all the types of books I’m getting rid of:

Mystery Paperback

Mystery Paperback, Part the Second

SF Paperback

Fantasy Paperback

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Second

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Third

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Fourth

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Fifth

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Sixth

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Seventh

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Eighth

Fantasy Paperback, Part the Ninth

Large Print Books

Hardback / Trade Paperback

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

Gallows View by Peter Robinson
Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P McIntosh
Rules of Prey by John Sandford
The Search by Iris Johansen

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.

It’s that time–time to get rid of books I’m never going to read (ever or perhaps again).

Since I’m mostly reading eBooks anymore, it’s foolish to keep these books sitting around, because–I’m never going to read them.

Here is what I have in paperback.

Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan
The Sundering by Walter Jon Williams
The Praxis by Walter Jon Williams
Conventions of War by Walter Jon Williams
Dante’s Equation by Jane Jensen

Would you like to give me something for the books? I’d be delighted!
Would you prefer instead to make a donation to a charity instead of giving me something? Great!
Are you low on cash but still really want a book? Talk to me and you can pay it forward later.