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Although an actor who saw his biggest success before I was even born, Robert Redford has always held some mystery for me. After living in Provo, I became more intrigued with his concept of Sundance and how it came to be. A reclusive sort of fellow in that he doesn't grant interviews very often, the public at large doesn't know much more about Robert Redford (or Bob, as he's referred to in the book) than what they get on the movie screen. I found the writing rather tedious. So many stories seem to be repeated over and over again. The book goes through Redford's acting career chronologically, but it seems more of a report than anything. Very little is said about Redford's family life and all his friendships are portrayed on a movie set or in a boardroom. I wanted to know more about Redford as a person and I didn't feel like this book did that for me. Were there some interesting stories? A few. Were my questions about Sundance answered? Kind of. I felt like the reader would be better served with different chapters focusing on the different aspects of Redford's life (acting, family life, environmentalism, politics, conservation, Sundance, independent film making, directing, relationships, friendships with other actors and directors, etc.) so that the reader could dive in to each of them, not read a nasal-toned monologue of "and then this happened". I haven't read any other Redford biographies, so I can't compare this one. But perhaps Redford's destiny is to remain shrouded in the air of mystery that he has created.

A sweet beach read with a far-fetched but lovable plot, impossibly adorable characters and excessive use of italics. I'm really quite torn about this because I should despise this clichéd trope, but I don't. I just lose myself in the story and suspend all disbelief. Seriously the only things that took me out of the reading trance was the aforementioned italics (i.e. Peter:"Is this too late to call?" Allison: "No" No time is too late, ever. Peter: "Would you--?" Allison: "Yes" Yes to anything. Me: throwing up), as well as the fact that they use each others names in dialogue far, far more often than anyone does in real life. Except possibly rich people in the '80s. I have no way of knowing as I wasn't there. ("Peter, I love you." "Peter, I wouldn't know what to say." "Winter, I am very much in love with Peter."

I enjoyed The Judgement of Isskar. First off we have Amy, the new companion and Key-to-Time-segment-tracer-in-human-form. Ciara Janson, though very young for a Doctor Who audio companion, is really pretty good in this rather unusual role. On top of that, we have the Key to Time itself, Amy's evil twin Zara plus sidekick, the early history of the Ice Warriors, and a rather odd insect-like culture, whose set-up frankly is total nonsense but the actors carried it off well. Peter Davison, who has now been doing the Doctor for 28 years, still seems to be in good form.