2011 Battle of the Prizes: British Version

***Challenge ended.***

Dates: 1 February 2011 - 31 January 2012
Host: Rose City Reader

Guidelines:

• Choose from two reading options:
  
  Option One:
  Choose three books that you have not read before:
  
  1) One that won both the Booker and the James Tait Black prizes (see the list of "double-dippers").
  2) One that won the Booker Prize (but not the James Tait Black Prize).
  3) One that won the James Tait Black Prize (but not the Booker).
  
  Option Two:
  For those who have already read all three of the double-dippers, or otherwise do not want to read one of those three, pick two Booker winners and two James Tait Black winners for a total of four books.
  
  
• Challenge rules:
  1) Read all books between February 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012.
  Books don't have to be chosen ahead of time; and choices can be changed at any time.
  2) Overlap with other challenges is allowed.
  3) Reviews are not necessary, but encouraged. If you do not have a blog, put your reviews or reports in a comment on the announcement post.
  

✸ I'll probably be choosing Option Two, since I'm not really interested in any of the "double dippers."

See my original post about the challenge here.
See the challenge announcement/sign-up page here.
See the list of Booker winners here.
See the list of James Tait Black winners here.

MY READING LIST:

1. The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes (2011 Man Booker)
2. Staying On. Paul Scott (1977 Man Booker)
   
3. The Children's Book. A.S. Byatt (2009 James Tait Black; reading now)