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[meganbmoore]

On a very unwise whim, I went by the used bookstore (Because we all know how desperately I need new books.  That, or I operate under the mistaken belief that if I feed the monster-sized backlog more books, it'll keep it from eating me.) after lunch with my mother today and got I think most of Marjorie M. Liu's Dirk & Steele books and some of the multi-author Crimson City series.  Can someone who's read one or both clue me in on where I stand?  (And if the ones I'm missing are needed.)

Dirk & Steele:

The Red Heart of Jade
Shadow Touch
The Wild Road
The Iron Hunt
The Last Twilight
Eye of Heaven

Crimson City:

Liz Maverick: Crimson City
Marjorie M. Liu: A Taste of Crimson
Jade Lee: Seduced by Crimson

Other grabs, if anyone is curious:

Shana Abe: The Last Mermaid
Joanna Bourne: My Lord and Spymaster
Lois McMaster Bujold:  The Curse of Chalion and Young Miles
Susan Grant: Moonstruck and Your Planet or Mine?
Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett: Havemercy  (for $1)
Robin McKinley: Rose Daughter
Dian Curtis Regan: Princess Nevermore
Nancy Springer: I Am Morgan LeFay

Not that I'm likely to read any of these by the end of the year, as I have a list of things I want to get read by then.

ETA:  Also, I have decided that the computer and laptop should have names.  The computer is black and a little older and pretty reliable, but it's also cranky and sometimes has to be coaxed into doing what I want.  The laptop is newer and little and pretty and silver.  It's pretty fast and generally willing to please , but sometimes throws temper tantrums when it thinks I'm taking advantage of its good will and working it too hard.  Or something.

I'm pretty sure the computer is male, and the laptop is female.  Name suggestions?

Comments

[shadawyn.livejournal.com]

Iron Hunt isn't from the Dirk and Steele steries... I'm a year or two behind on the DS books, so I'm not sure about a lot of the others.

You're missing the first book, Tiger Eye, but I think starting with Shadow Touch would actually be better. I liked Tiger Eye, but I'm not sure I wouldn't have become such a Liu fan as I was if I'd read it first.

I thought the earlier ones were pretty good (I didn's so much stop reading her books as I stopped reading in general... *sigh*). I think I described them to a friend as "X-Men with romance". The women are delightfully strong, and the men are expectedly hot. Liu is about our age and the same generation of comic geek, and I think that helped me get into her books, too. (Although, obviously it doesn't only appeal to our age/fan bracket, because lots of people love her books :D).

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I pretty much first heard of her through her being an X-Men fan. I think it was a quote at wolverineandjubilee.com to the effect that she wanted to write a story based on continuity, but was told not to, as continuity only confuses people.


I really wouldn't mind finding a romance novel hero hot again... (It's been a while...)