OCTOBER 2017 36 | FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM {what are you reading - willy wonka edition} BOOKMARKED Frontdoors asked Paris Themmen and Julie Dawn Cole, members of the original “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” cast, what they are reading. They were in Arizona for a screening of the film at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Chandler. I S R E A D I N G The book I have just finished reading, literally just a few hours ago on the air - plane over here to Phoenix was “The Tea Planter’s Wife” and it was a really great book about a woman – it was kind of set in the 1920s. And now I am reading “The Interpretation of Mur - der” which is about Sigmund Freud’s fictitious account of Freud’s first visit, his only visit, to New York. I’m a real cheapskate. I work at a hospital and we have a shelf where people do - nate books and I was going through the books to see which ones I fancy and someone else had already read “The Tea Planter’s Wife” which I can recommend. I read it in 24 hours. It’s a great read. Actress who played Veruca Salt in “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” Julie Dawn Cole “The Interpretation of Murder” BY JED RUBENFELD Actor who played Mike TeeVee in “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” Paris Themmen I S R E A D I N G The book that I have on my mind is “Ready Player One” – it’s written by a guy named Ernest Cline and it’s on my mind because I actually did something I’d never done before which is I liked the book so much I wrote the author. The book is actually being made into a Steven Spielberg film and they’re shooting it in London right about now. It’s a geek book. It’s sort of a Won - ka-like tale. Basically there’s a very old guy who was a fan of the 1980s and he creates a virtual universe of all sorts of geeky places and when he’s going to die he places an Easter egg, he places these little keys in this multiverse that he’s created and so everyone around the world is trying to find these keys – it’s very Willy Wonka. So I’m going to meet Ernest Cline, he was nice enough to say he’s going to meet with Julie and I in Austin in a couple of weeks. If you have any geeks out there I think they’re going to love “Ready Player One.” “Ready Player One” BY ERNEST CLINE H E R TA K E H I S TA K E

OCTOBER 2017 FRONTDOORSMEDIA .COM | 37 The Arizona Women’s Board, which supports kidney health, will host the 38th Annual Friends of Erma Bombeck Author’s Luncheon featuring authors such as Wiley Cash who wrote “The Last Ballad” and Roddy Doyle, the author of “Smile,” and many other books for adults and children. The event will take place Saturday, October 28 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge and will feature an authors signing event and luncheon. David Grann, author of “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Trish McEvoy, author of “The Makeup of a Confident Woman” will also be in attendance. Adriana Trigiani, author of 15 bestselling novels, including “The Shoemaker’s Wife,” will serve as the emcee of the event. The luncheon has raised more than $10 million for programs that benefit Arizona kidney disease patients and their families since its inception nearly 40 years ago. It now honors the late Erma Bombeck, the bestselling author who founded the event. Bombeck passed away in 1996 due to complications from her own battle with adult polycystic kidney disease. 38TH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF ERMA BOMBECK AUTHOR’S LUNCHEON ON TAP BOOKMARKED CONTINUED Meghan Leatherman | CONTRIBUTING WRITER While the nip of cold air hasn’t quite hit the Valley, the season of fall is upon us. Halloween decorations are on the shelves and children are eagerly deciding costumes. The Friday night lights are on local high school football fields and Sundays are game days. And for those book lovers out there, there’s a month of authors who will take us on some mysterious journeys. BOOK EVENTS THIS MONTH POISONED PEN Tuesday, October 17. 7 p.m. John Sandford signs Deep Freeze. The latest of the Virgil Flowers novels centered around a deadly class reunion. Sounds like a page turner! Monday, October 30. 7 p.m. Sarah Bailey signs The Dark Lake. Another twisted tale of former high school classmates … one of which ends up dead. But how? Perfectly chilling on the eve of Halloween. CHANGING HANDS Friday, October 20. 7 p.m. Haroon Moghul: How to Be a Muslim: An American Story. A timely discussion of the acceptance, denial and opposition of the Muslim religion in our society. BARNES & NOBLE Friday, October 20 and Saturday, October 21. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sylvia Nobel, author of the Kendall O'Dell mystery series will be signing any of her books at the Surprise Barnes and Noble location.