Last Updated on September 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
3rd Thursday of the month: NEW beginning May 21, 2026
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Charlestown Square Lobby entrance
10:30 – 11:30 AM – St. Charles Lobby entrance
For information on the Baltimore County Public Library bookmobile service, check Bookmobile: Mobile Library Services webpage.
Call BCPL at 410-87-7586 or email: mobile-adult@bcpl.net with questions.
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 November, 2019
Nov. 19 - The Handmaid's Tale [ New York: Anchor Books, 1986] by Margaret Atwood, reviewed by Michelle Chenoweth. REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Review by Mary McCarthy [NY Times]What Critics Said About ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Back In The 1980sHandmaid's Tale...
Review of The Handmaid’s Tale
Resident Michelle Chenoweth will review The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood on Tuesday, November 17, 2019 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. Margaret Atwood, a Canadian writer, penned her dystopian, speculative novel, The Handmaid's Tale, in 1985-86. In planning her...
Book Reviews by Residents
3rd Tuesday of each month from 7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium
Janet Neer and Barbara Johnson, Co-Coordinators
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann [New York: Doubleday, 2023], reviewed by resident Barbara Johnson.
REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Author’s website
Author Interview [NPR]
Author Interview [CSPAN] (video)
Book Talk and Review [Politics&Prose] (video)
Author Interview [CBS] (video)
Author Interview [Westport Library] (video)
Book Summary [Wikipedia]
Book Summary [SnapTale] (video)
Book Review [National Book Review]
Book Review [Writing Near the Lake]
Book Review [California Review of Books]
Book Review [Conn College Magazine]
Book Review [Bostonia]
Book Review [The Guardian]
Book Review [Army Lawyer]
Book Review [History Reviews] short video)