Last Updated on September 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

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 September, 2019

Sept. 17 - Fall of Frost [New York: Viking, 2008] by Brian Hill, reviewed by Bill Tilles.REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALAuthor's websiteExcerpts [Google Books]Review by Mark Kemp [Kenyon Review]Review by Jonathan Miles [NY Times]Fall of Frost Reader's...

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Review of “Fall of Frost”

Resident Bill Tilles will review Fall of Frost by Brian Hall on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.Fall of Frost , a novel by Brian Hall, is an up close and personal story of the life of the great poet, Robert Frost. Brian Hall was born...

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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, 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)