Last Updated on March 12, 2026

Books

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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:

Book Review of “The Night Watchman: A Novel”

Resident Ellyn Loy's review of The Night Watchman: A Novel by Louise Erdrich [New York:HarperCollins, 2020], is scheduled for Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. This novel by Louise Erdrich was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for 2021.  It is...

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Resident Book Review for January, 2022

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.Silverview: A Novel by John le Carré  [New York: Penguin Random House, 2021], reviewed by resident Ed Appel. Ed's book review for The Sunburst REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Review [The Complete Review]John le...

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Book Reviews by Residents

3rd Tuesday of each month from  7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium
Janet Neer and Barbara Johnson, Co-Coordinators

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.

Harlem Rhapsody: A Novel, by Victoria Christopher Murray. [New York: Berkley, 2025], reviewed by Eugenia High.

REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Author’s website
Between the Lines: Interview [Schomberg Center] (videofile)
Author Interview [CBS NY] (vidofile)
Author Interview [TheLoverOfBooks] (videofile)
Author Interview [Brown Girl Collective] (videofile)
Book Guide [Reading Group Guides]
Review [NPR]
Review [NPR]
Review [Novels Alive]
Publisher’s website
Review [Story Street Writers]