Last Updated on March 17, 2024

Books

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Ruth Houck Library

Main Street in Maple Terrace
Monday – Friday
10 am – 4 pm

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 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
Sr. Eileen in Pastoral Care has list of books

Books Reviewed by Residents:

Resident Book Review for February 2024

A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan  [New York: Viking, 2023] was reviewed by resident Ken Weeden on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. These are some reviews and supplementary materials.

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Book Reviews by Residents

3rd Tuesday of each month from  7 – 8 PM in the Auditorium

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.

Resident Elva Tillman reviews Picasso’s War: How Modern Art Came to America by Hugh Eakin [New York: Crown, 2022]

This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Book Preview [Google Books]
Modern Art and the Esteem Machine
[The New Yorker]
How Picasso Became Big Business [Foreign Policy]
Review [Brooklyn Rail]
Review [Medium: Faria Tabassum]
Book discussion [Tamara Grand Art] (video)
Author Interview [New York Public Library] (video)
Author Interview [Dialogues] (video)
Author Interview [Literary Hub] (video)