Marilyne,   YES  that book is heavy.   Even the librarian commented on the weight of it when she checked it out.     I definitely am doing the reading of this one as I sit in my rocker.   Trouble with that is that the sun shines in over my shoulder and I get awfully sleepy and tend to nap just a little much.    I'll never get through 600 pages at this rate.  I mentioned to Al that it would be nice in a loose leaf notebook form where you could take out portions at a time.      The book is good for at least one or two renewals so I guess I'll make it.    It is disturbing in many parts and reminds me that in many of the southern states the laws were sort of made up as they went along regarding these folks.   At the same time I've been thinking about the inequities in the housing and even work in the northern states where so many migrated. 

I did pick up Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant today and that is light and easy reading in a paperback.   I thought when you first mentioned it that it was a new book but see that it has a copyright date of 1982.

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is my go-to book for night time reading because it is a light paperback.      Last night I ran across one of those "keepers" that I want to save for future reading.   It was from Ezra in regard to his restaurant but an interesting thought.   "Life is a continual shoring up, against one thing and another just eroding and crumbling away."   Haven't we all heard people use the phrase,  "after a certain age, life is just patch, patch, patch."       The mother in this story is a rather depressing person.    She so reminds me of one  person I have known though my friend had so much more to be thankful for than Pearl but she just couldn't seem to be happy with her life and did kind of take it out on her family.   It makes me think that we accept the outcome of our decisions about our life in so many different ways.

I have a book I am reading on my IPad right now.  It was one of the 1.99 ones on Book Bub last week.  One of the best I have read this year.  Just can't stop reading.
its Called."The Memory Keepers Daughter" by Kim Edwards. (never heard of her before.  I have almost come to the end of it. Wish it would go on.  If you can fine it . Read it. Hard to put down.

Jeanne - I read The Memory Keepers Daughter, and remember that I liked it a lot.  That was a long time ago, and now I can't remember what it was about?  Maybe I'll check it out again.

maryc - That's a good quote from Homesick Restaurant.  I'm going to save it too.  I seem to think along the same lines as Anne Tyler, because I find so many quotable passages in all of her books.  I'm sure it's not just me, but women in general, who relate so well to what she has to say.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter sounded familiar to me and when I looked at a review I remember reading it.   I believe that Debby recommended it to me a few years back.   I see that it is also a movie.   I wouldn't mind seeing that if I could find it available on some of my subscriptions. 

Yes, "Memory Keepers Daughter" has been around awhile. I read it with my f2f book club several years ago.  Very good book.  I was not as impressed with the TV movie, although it wasn't a "bad" adaptation. 

Mary. Now my library had it in and so I ordered it.  Don't think the Movie will do it justice though.

Reminder:  There is a mini challenge going on!

http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=321.msg76940#msg76940

Finished Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant last evening.   It WAS such a good read and I hated for it to end but it did!       I ran across another passage that I thought was worth saving.  This was something that Cody's father had said to him when he was young about the passing of time.    I need to keep Anne Tyler in mind for good reads.

mary - A friend told me that there are a couple of web sites on the net, that deal with memorable quotations from authors, and that Anne Tyler, is one of the most quoted.  I'll have to look for them, and see what others have to say about her?

I have two of her books on order from the library, (Large print), . . . Breathing Lessons, and The Accidental Tourist.  Both are two of her oldest, and I don't remember reading either one?  "Accidental" was made into a movie, and I did see it . . . maybe in the late 1970's, but don't remember much about it?

I was going to give my youngest daughter copies of "Homesick" and "A Spool of Blue Thread" for her birthday, but I've decided against it.  She's never been married or had children, so I don't know if she would like them or not?  I think Tyler's books are best appreciated and enjoyed by women who have raised families, been in good or bad marriages, et al.  What do you think? 

I'm going to recommend a book, which may not be everyone's cuppa tea, but I read it and so totally enjoyed it.  I've spread the word to my f2f book group friends.
The book is "News of the World" by Paulette Jiles   If you happen to be on GoodReads, look at the reviews there.
If you plan to get it from your library, plan on waiting awhile!  I'll just say, the best thing I've read in awhile, and on my list of "keepers".  I may re-read soon.  The characters are still with me, and it has been awhile since I finished it. 

Tomereader,  thanks for the suggestion.   I've just put "News of the World" on my library e-book "wish list".  Didn't look to see how many are ahead of me for the 5 copies - but I have enough in my Loans and Holds to keep me busy for a while.

Callie, you will find its "structure" a bit different...she uses no quotation marks,  but it's easy once you realize it.  I had put it on my reserve list so I could lend it to a friend, but there were so many ahead of us, that she ordered it from Amazon, and started it on Monday.  Is now well over half through and is raving about how much she loves it!  I hope any here who read it will feel the same.

At last check, there were 55 holds on News of the World!
And that's down from about 70 something when I first looked it up.

Marilyne,   I think whether or not an unmarried woman w/o children would appreciate this story would depend on the person.     My daughter is single at 65 never having had children but we read the same things sometimes and talk about the characters and how we see our own family and friends in some of them.   I agree that you couldn't share those feelings that A.T. expresses about ones children unless you had given them birth and seen them grow and mature with good and not so good traits and still love each one because they are yours.   Interestingly Debby is the eldest and she seems to be closest to the youngest of our crew and he is the one who has had the most difficulty getting on with his life.    I always hark back to Erma Bombeck's famous writing,  Dear First Born, etc. etc.  That is a favorite of mine and have a copy for each child with our important papers.

today in the paper is a article about a man who just took his library book back.had it since 1982. He liked it so much that he kept reading it. 25 times.  He got it restored and had the author sign it.  He gave the library. a $200 donation also.  Book is called "Bid  Time Return" by a Richard matheson.  a 1975 novel.
I just have to try and find this book.     Dees sound like a good story.

I did find that our library does have a DVD on that book but they don't hve the book itself.  Most probably put in in the Book sales few years back.  Will have them see if they can find it at one of the other libraries.

JeanneP - I'm wondering why the man didn't just buy a copy of the book, instead of keeping it for 35 years! LOL   I've never heard of "Bid Time Return", either, but I'll bet there will be hundreds of requests for it at libraries across the country.  People will be curious, after reading the newspaper story.

I looked up Richard Matheson. He was the guy who wrote I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man (movie aka: The Incredible Shrinking Man), and What Dreams May Come among lots of others. Somewhere in Time is the movie version of Bid Time Return. Here is the Wikipedia entry listing all his books, short stories, and movie and TV scripts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Matheson

To bad I'm not into time travel novels. Our library system has only one copy and that has only one hold on it.

Oh, my goodness.  "Somewhere In Time" is one of my all-time favorite movies.  I couldn't begin to tell you how many times I've watched it.  I have a copy of it somewhere around here, but can't play anything right now as my DVD player needs replacing.

Now I know why the man kept the book for 35 years!
Somewhere In Time, is a beautiful story, and I'm sure the book Bid Time Return is just as good.  I'd like to read the book, and also would like to watch the movie again.

MarsGal - Thanks for doing the research and letting us know.  It was a surprise to us all!  I'm also impressed with all of the other books by Richard Matheson.  I know I read What Dreams May Come, but I can't place it?  I'll look it up when I finish here.  The Incredible Shrinking Man, is a highly entertaining movie!  I watch it every time it's on TCM, and always enjoy it.  It's my brother's favorite movie!  

Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 â€" June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

He is best known as the author of "I Am Legend", a 1954 horror novel that has been adapted for the screen four times, as well as the movie "Somewhere In Time" for which Matheson wrote the screenplay, based on his novel Bid Time Return.

Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of The Twilight Zone for Rod Serling, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel".

I   also have seen a lot of his works that were made movies and appeared on the Twilight Zone.     
What a great writer!!!

Somewhere in Time must have huge popularity ratings.    I love that movie and have heard others say the same.       I didn't read that  book but as I've mentioned before on this forum I did read one just a couple years ago that I can't forget.    Time and Again by Jack Finney.   

I looked up Matheson's book, What Dreams May Come, and see that it was made into a movie starring Robin Williams.  I don't remember seeing the movie or reading the book, but I'm now interested in both of them.  This comment  from Matheson, himself, is certainly intriguing.

"I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death â€" the finest tribute any writer could receive."

I see that the movie is Called. Somewhere in time. My library have it so ordered. The don't have the book" Bid time return". I had never heard of that writer before. Has a lot of books out.  I am watching "Light between Oceans " at the moment.
The storms are so bad here today. Can't even get outdoors.

Tomorrow is daughter Sandy's birthday, so I did a little shopping this morning!  I wanted to get her a couple of books, so that gave me an excuse to spend lots of time, (and lots of money), at Barnes & Noble.

mary - I had decided that one of the books for her would be Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant, but they didn't have any Anne Tyler books at B&N except A Spool of Blue Thread, and another one that I didn't recognize. I should have gotten myself organized sooner, and ordered the books from Amazon, but too late now.

So I ended up buying Plainsong, by Kent Haruf, and Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty.  I don't know anything about "Lies", except that it's been made into an HBO series, that I hear is very good. My dil liked the TV show, and I can always rely on her opinion. 

I got a bit carried away, and also bought some books for myself, and then to pass along later to daughter or dil. One is a novel that takes place during WWII, called Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelly, and the other is a Debbie Macomber book from the bargain shelf, called Last One Home.  I also bought a magazine that looks interesting - Family Tree - the Genealogy Websites Guide.  I looked through it when I got home, and looks like good research information, and dozens of fascinating websites. 

So I have my weekend cut out for me!  Tomorrow night Sandy is going out with her bf for a birthday dinner, so she'll come over here on Sunday.  In the meantime, I have lots of reading material to choose from.          

Well Marilyne!!   You sure did have a good time at B&N!     What a way to spend an hour or so?  Debby and I have said when we went there to shop for a specific gift that we should just make a point of going there just for entertainment.   If we found a good buy or something that we couldn't resist ok but it would be fun to just browse with nothing special in mind.    Same with Hobby Lobby.   We usually go there for one or two things in mind and don't have time to look through the store.  I passed my library copy of Dinner at the Homesick Rest. to my neighbor.    She normally reads mysteries but liked the sound of the family characters and situations.

I hate to say it but I gave up on the Warmth of Other Suns.   Too long and too small print.    I have a library book on my Kindle that I'm enjoying.   It is Jodi Picoult's " Leaving Time."   The story interests me especially because  two of the characters are researchers into elephant behavior and she tells quite a bit about that.   I've always been curious.   

mary - I followed your lead, and returned The Warmth of Other Suns to the library.  I really wanted to read it again, but like you, I couldn't handle the size and weight of the book, plus the small print.  Maybe I'll get it on my Kindle, at some time in the future.  In the meantime, I still recommend it to anyone out there who hasn't read it.  A worthwhile historical account of America's great migration of African Americans, from the South, to the North and Midwest.

Your Jodi Picoult book, dealing with elephant research, sounds interesting.  Elephants, reminds me that my daughter recently finished the book Water For Elephants, and she was raving about it, when she was here on Sunday.  She thinks it's the best book she's read in years.  So now I'm going to have to check that one out and read it again.

JeanneP  - How did you like the movie The Light Between Oceans?  I see that you mentioned it back a few days ago, but didn't say what you thought about it?  I wonder if Junee ever had a chance to see it?

Marilyne
Yes, after reading the book , I eventually got the movie downloaded.  Now that story started off well but there was so much grief that I then went looking for something
Light to read.
Well , this is what happened.  I saw Dr Zhivago movie on Apple and wanted to see that again as it is many years since I saw that movie and once again found myself  deep in the tradgety... glad I found it though, as had forgotten much of it.

I don't read as fast as I used to, but like to have a book nearby.

Thanks for remembering that I was asking about  The Light between Oceans.