Last Updated on April 11, 2025

Books

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Ruth Houck Library

Main Street in Maple Terrace
Monday – Friday
10 am – 4 pm

Baltimore County Library Bookmobile 

1st Friday of the month:
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Courtyard Crossing (Lobby 7) entrance
10:30 – 11:30 AM – Cross Creek Lobby entrance

For the Baltimore County Public Library bookmobile stops, check under Schedule and Locations [updated monthly] on the BCPL Bookmobile: Mobile Library Services webpage.

Spiritual Book Club 

3rd Tuesday of each month
2 – 3 pm
Jeremiah Room
For current month’s selection, see OLOA/Spiritual Book Club

Books Reviewed by Residents:

Resident Book Review for March 2025

Resident Elizabeth Fanto reviewed West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge [Seattle: Lake Union Publishing, 2021] on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. These are reviews and supplemental readings regarding the book.

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Book Reviews by Residents

3rd Tuesday of each month from  7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.

The Last Ranger by Peter Heller [New York: Penguin, 2023], reviewed by William Miller.

REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Author’s website
Author on his book (video)
Author Interview [Thoughts from a Page] (audiofile)
Publisher’s website
A Novelist’s Homage… [LA Times]
Book Review
[BookMarks]
Range Life [Boulder Weekly]
Book Review [Bossy Bookworm]
Book Review [Hudson Booksellers]
Book Review [Bookworm]
Book Review [New Book Recommendation]
Book Reviews [Net Gallery]