Last Updated on March 12, 2026
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 February, 2020
Feb. 18 – On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century. [New York: Tim Duggan Books, 2017] by Timothy Snyder, reviewed by Ken Weeden. REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Scholars Strategy Network Present Snyder's 20 Key FindingsAuthor's websiteBook Excerpts...
Review of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century
Resident Ken Weeden will review On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. “History does not repeat, but it does instruct.” Thus begins Timothy Snyder’s short book on what the growth of Nazism in the...
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]