Last Updated on April 6, 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 March, 2024

“Picasso’s War: How Modern art Came to America”  by Hugh Eakin  [New York: Crown, 2022] was reviewed by resident Elva Tillman on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 2024 at 7 PM in the Auditorium. These are reviews and supplemental materials.

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Book Reviews by Residents

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

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 7 PM in the Auditorium.

Resident Donna Martin reviews Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman [London: Viking, 2020]

This Is Happiness by Niall Williams

REVIEWS & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Review [The Guardian]
Review [Publisher’s Weekly]
Reviews [BookMarks]
…Sunny Mystery Confronts Ageism’s Cruelty [Medium:Oscar Opus]
Review [Marmaladeandmustardseed]
Review [New York Journal of Books]
Reader Reviews [Shepherd]
Review [Reviewsfeed]
Review [TV Tropes]
Summary, Excerpt, Reviews [BookBrowse]
Can a Book Have More than One Main Character? [Steph Huddleston]
Meet the Characters... [Penguin Books]
Reader’s Guide [Penguin Books]
Inside Richard Osman’s Mystery Empire [Esquire]
Interview [Washington Post]
Interview with Author [This Morning] (video)