I think I read the Alanna series first (that would have been sometime in junior high) but the Daine books were the first ones I bought. Lately I've been reading the Beka Cooper books as they come out (the audio books are great).

(are you sure you're not me? I do wonder sometimes)

I KNOW! It's all, "Oh hey nice to meet you, and oh you're also into fan fic for fantasy series, and the inner workings of fairy tales, and undergrad English degrees" and then the theme from Twilight Zone starts playing. Do you think there's something that somebody's not telling us? :)