no, I was browsing my library and they were small, black, and there were lots of them, so I read the little bio thingy and checked one out and bacame addicted. only problem is i started with Dead Beat and didn't understand some of it...lol!

Far out! My initiation into Jim Butcherland was almost identical to yours. I picked up Dead Beat at the library and was so impressed I bought every Dresden book I could find and have just finished Back Up...impatiently waiting for this years offering 

I'm quite an anti-fan of books being made into tv programmes or movies - I get totally obsessive about the details...I'm that really annoying person who sits in the cinema going "Helloooo?! His hair is meant to be brown!!" Ha ha! So, even though I love the books, I shan't watch the series.