Last Updated on December 7, 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, 2025
Resident Ted Churn reviewed “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide” by Lawrence Lanahan [New York: New Press, 2019] on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. Here are reviews and supplemental materials.
Resident Book Review of “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide”
Resident Ted Churn will review “The Lines Between Us: Two Families and a Quest to Cross Baltimore’s Racial Divide” by Lawrence Lanahan [New York: New Press, 2019] on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. This is his review for the October issue of The Sunburst.
Book Reviews by Residents
3rd Tuesday of each month from 7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium
Janet Neer and Barbara Johnson, Co-Coordinators
Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.
The Secret of Secrets: A Novel by Dan Brown. [New York: Doubleday, 2025], reviewed by Ed Appel.
REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Author’s Website
Review [NY Times]
Review [NPR] (audiofile)
Review [PBS] (audiofile/transcript)
Review [The Guardian]
Review [Slate]
A Jewish Look.. [Aish]
Review [Portobello Book Blog]
Review [OneManBookClub]
Review [Literacy, Learning, Literature]
Review [Jan’s Bookbuzz]
Review [Thor’s Forge]