Join Us

Join the Capitol Choices discussions in person

Capitol Choices meets at the Arlington County (Virginia) Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street (directions). We are only a few blocks from the Virginia Square Metro Station and we have plenty of parking if you drive (don't forget to pick up your parking permit at the reference desk).

Meetings are scheduled from 9:30 - 12:30 at the Central Library. Several of us bring coffee and chat from 9-9:30, and there's occasionally a group that goes off to lunch afterwards.

The schedule for 2010 is:

• March 19 - NOTE LOCATION CHANGE to Arlington's Westover Branch (directions).
  If you need a shuttle between the Metro and the library, please contact Kristi.
• April 16
• May 21
• June 18
• July 9 - NOTE DATE CHANGE
• September 24 - NOTE DATE CHANGE
• October 15
• November 19
• December 10
• January 21

The schedule for 2011 is:

• March 18
• April 15
• May 20
• June 17
• July 8
• September 23
• October 14
• November 18
• December 9
• January 13, 2012

Join the Capitol Choices discussion remotely

Capitol Choices welcomes your participation in our monthly book discussions (see the schedule). If you are unable to meet with us in person, reading group members can add comments on books under discussion via our web site.  Everyone can check our blog for updates (RSS feed available), and/or follow us on Facebook and Twitter; just search for Capitol Choices.  The Capitol Choices listserv is no longer in use.

Become a reading group member

Capitol Choices offers various ways for you to take part in our discussions. Casual participants can drop in on meetings as they wish, and are welcome to discuss any book on the agenda that they have read. But if you're interested in taking a more active role, you may become a reading group member.

Reading group members are expected to:

* read widely and nominate any eligible book they think worthy for the list;
* read every book nominated in their reading group;
* participate actively by joining the discussion either at meetings or via comments on the web site, or both; and
* vote. Only reading group members are eligible to vote.

Each reading group has a facilitator who acts as a resource for reading group members. They do their best to get books to people in their groups who can't get hold of them and let reading group members know when they have copies to lend. They lead the discussion after the ballots twice a year to discuss the results.

To join a reading group, email one of the following people by July 31 with your contact information (institution, mailing address, phone and email):

Up to Seven, Marianne Baker
Seven to Ten, Kimberly Knight
Ten to Fourteen, Rebecca Purdy
Fourteen and Up, Kelly Vikstrom-Hoyt
Audiobooks, Maria Gentle

Submit Books for Consideration

The Capitol Choices committee considers books and audio books that are published for readers up through age sixteen during the current calendar year. We welcome submissions of books that publishers would like us to consider.

Books may be sent to:

Kristi Jemtegaard
Capitol Choices
Arlington County Department of Libraries
1015 N. Quincy St.
Arlington, VA 22201