Last Updated on October 22, 2025
Books
Ruth Houck Library
Main Street in Maple Terrace
closed for renovation
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 October 2024
Resident Eugenia High reviewed Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Deborah Riley Draper, Travis Thrasher and Blair Underwood [New York: Atria Books] on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 in the Auditorium. These are some reviews and supplemental reading.
Book Review of “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice”
Resident Eugenia High reviews “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics” by Deborah Riley Draper, Travis Thrasher and Blair Underwood [New York: Atria Books, 2020] on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. This is her review that appears in The Sunburst October 2024.
Book Reviews by Residents
3rd Tuesday of each month from 7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium
Janet Neer and Barbara Johnson, Co-Coordinators
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.
Wandering Stars: A Novel, by Tommy Orange. [New York: Knopf, 2024], panel discussion by Justine Parezo, Diana Dunaway and Lenora Urie.
REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS