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 August, 2019
August 20 - Brief Answers to The Big Questions [London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018] by Stephen Hawking, reviewed by Ralph Strong.REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL'Brief ...' Is Stephen Hawking's Parting Gift To Humanity [NPR]Stephen Hawking’s final...
Review of “Brief Answers to The Big Questions”
Resident Ralph Strong will review Brief Answers to The Big Questions by Stephen Hawking, on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.This final book by Stephen Hawking was published a few months after his death in March 2018. The author attempts...
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)