Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill by Mark Lee Gardner - from the forming of the Rough Riders to the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for Roosevelt. What I found most interesting was how eager Roosevelt and all his volunteers were to engage in war. It certainly wasn't a war run with military precision. Lots of bungling from the higher-ups. This seems to have been extensively researched, with lots of excerpts from letters and diaries.
3 stars
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Brotherhood in Death by J.D.Robb - the 42nd Eve Dallas book. What starts out as a missing person case becomes several murders of revenge. I think I complained about the previous book being more graphic than I remembered the series being and this is the same. I read these mostly for the relationships between Eve and her friends but am getting tired of sifting through the other stuff. And there are the obligatory sex scenes with Eve and her husband. At least those I know are a page and a half and can easily skip them. I do like watching Eve and her team catch the bad guys, you usually know who they are fairly soon.
2 stars
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