I have a habit of re-reading the series up through Memory when I'm facing a major life change. It seems to help.
As for DA2, I don't have it but picked up DA:Origins recently because it (a) was on sale (b) had good Amazon reviews and (c) I loved Bioware's response to the 'cater to ME ME ME and only ME' customer who complained about getting TEH GHEY in his game. If I like it I'll probably pick up DA2, though maybe not until the price drops a bit.
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As for DA2, I don't have it but picked up DA:Origins recently because it (a) was on sale (b) had good Amazon reviews and (c) I loved Bioware's response to the 'cater to ME ME ME and only ME' customer who complained about getting TEH GHEY in his game. If I like it I'll probably pick up DA2, though maybe not until the price drops a bit.