Last Updated on September 6, 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 2023
Charlestown resident Justine Parezo reviewed “There There” by Tommy Orange [NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018] on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 in the Auditorium. These are reviews and supplemental materials for the book.
Resident Book Review of “There There”
Charlestown resident Justine Parezo will review There There by Tommy Orange [NY: Knopf, 2018] on Tuesday, October17, 2023 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. This is her review for the October 2023 Sunburst.
Book Reviews by Residents
3rd Tuesday of each month from 7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, by Rick Atkinson. [New York: Henry Holt, 2018], reviewed by Ken Weeden.
REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Author’s website
Book excerpt [AARP]
Rick Atkinson’s Savage American Revolution [NY Times]
Author presentation [American Revolution Institute] (video)
Author talk [Gilman Lehrman Institute] (video)
Author talk [Politics & Prose]
Book reviews [BookMarks]
Book review [Blue&Gray Education]
Book review [Emerging Revolutionary War Era]
Book review [NPR]