maggotbrain's deck - 52 books

Hi - only just joined up here and like the idea of a book list challenge. I thought about doing 4 genres - 13 books in each with a possible spare joker. I then realised I had little chance of pulling that off. So - approximately a book a week. Seems straight forward enough, except I am a fickle butterfly with book eyes bigger than my belly - I pick up about 10 books a month from the library, as well as the ones I buy. Maybe next year I can have a go at book therapy to manage the habit.
At least I am up to speed so far after a late start.

1.The Various - Steve Augarde
2.The Gates - John Connolly
3.Lord of light - roger Roger Zelazny
4.The Alchemaster's apprentice - Walter Moers
5.Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
6.The Tent - Margaret Atwood
7.The curious incident of the dog in the night time - Mark Haddon
8.The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
9.Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
10.The Eyre affair - Jasper Fforde
11.The Outsider - Albert Camus
12.Cat's cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
13.Never let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro
14.The God of small things - Arundhati Roy
15.Siddharta - Hermann Hesse
16.A pale view of hills - Kazuo Ishiguro
17.Secrets of the fire sea - Stephen Hunt
18.A case of exploding mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
19.The wind up bird chronicle - Haruki Murakami
20.The drowned world - J.G. Ballard
21.Kafka on the shore - Haruki Murakami
22.The dispossessed - Ursula le Guin
23.Non stop - Brian W.Aldiss
24.Halting state - Charles Stross
25.The death of grass - John Christopher
26.Childhood's end - Arthur C Clarke
27.The big over easy - Jasper FForde
28.A wild sheep chase - Haruki Murakami
29.Anthem - Ayn Rand
30.Breakfast of champions - Kurt Vonnegut
31.Where late the sweet birds sang - Kate Wilhelm
32.The man in the picture - Susan Hill
33.After dark - Haruki Murakami
34. The prime of miss jean brodie - Muriel Spark
35. The wild boys - burroughwilliam::William Burroughs
36. Girls of slender means - Muriel Spark
37.Remains of the day - Kazuo Ishiguro
38.Mockingbird - Walter Tevis
39.The Hunters - James Salter
40.The Midwich cuckoos - John Wyndham
41.Push - Sapphire
42.The Handmaid's tale - Margaret Atwood
43.Wycliffe and the scapegoat - W.J.Burley
44.Chocky - John Wyndham
45.A week in December - Sebastian Faulks
46.Time out of joint - Philip K Dick
47.The small hand - Susan Hill
48.New York trilogy - Paul Auster
49.A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
Possible reads:

The third policeman - Flann O'Brien
The piano teacher - Janice Lee
Eon - Greg Bear
Wicked - Gregory Maguire
Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
Assassin's quest - Robin Hobb
The Kerracher man - Eric Macleod
Celandine - Steve Augarde
Winter wood - Steve Augarde
A wild ride through the night - Walter Moers
The turn of the screw - Henry James
The book thief - Markus Zusak
Our mutual friend - Charles Dickens
The ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke
Three men in a boat - Jerome K Jerome
Oscar Wilde plays

I feel like a bit of a cheat at the moment. I went out of my way to pick out a few books at the library that were short and quick. In my defence, I have not compromised on quality, as they are all from the 1001 list.

Turns out my cheat didn't work as the Ballard book has slowed me right down. After a good start, I have slowed right up and seem to be falling behind at the moment. I think I need another classic to reinvigorate my progress.