1. Storm Front
2. Fool Moon
3. Grave Peril
4. Summer Knight
5. Death Masks
6. Blood Rites
7. Dead Beat
8. Proven Guilty
9. White Night
10. Small Favor
11. Turn Coat
12. Changes (Released Date: April 2010)

Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden is a wizard. In fact, he's the only Wizard in the Chicago phone book. No hocus pocus. He's the real thing. He has his own office and works as Private Investigator. Harry's often hired as a "Paranormal Consultant" by SI's Karrin Murphy, one of the few people in the police force that believes that Harry's not a fraud.

Thanks to his cases as a PI and investigations for Murphy, Harry usually tangles with some really bad nasties. Ghosts, Vampires, Ghouls to list a few. Harry's survived 'em all with a little thanks to a talking skull named Bob, a little luck, and a whole lot of skill.

I've been meaning to do a Dresden entry for awhile. This doesn't have anything to do with Japan, but I have such a strong obsession with Harry Dresden that I wanted to make an entry for it.

Who's an older Harry Potter fan? Come on. I know you're out there. If you're an older Harry Potter fan (as early as mid teens), I suggest you check out this series. It's Harry plus 40 or so years with a lot more sarcasm. In fact, that's what one of the reviews from the critics said. It was on one of the books. I wouldn't suggest your twelve year old son/daughter to read it though. There's a few cuss words (nothing you wouldn't hear on the TV anymore) and some sexual situations. Seriously. Go and read the first book, "Storm Front". You won't regret it. If you don't have time to read a book, Buzzy Multimedia makes it easier for the people who don't have the time to read, but spend plenty of time near a CD player driving to work or even sitting at their desk.

I spent many road trips when I was young going out to the lake with my dad while listening to Jim Dale read the Harry Potter books. He would be driving and listening while I listened and read along (and learned how to finally pronounce Hermione's name thanks to those tapes). I never listened to another audio book after that. Many years later, my dad started watching a Scifi show called "The Dresden Files". I caught on about mid season and fell in love with it. Magic. Sarcasm. Humor. A little romance friction between the two leads (Harry and Murphy). My kind of show. Sadly the show only lasted one season before it was canceled. I found out through wiki that the show was actually a book series as well. I immediately set out and bought the first book. After reading "Storm Front" and quickly moving on to the next book, I found out on Amazon that the books come out in audio books as well by a company called "Buzzy Multimedia". I set out and bought the first one for my dad. He enjoyed them and we talked about the differences between the show and book. He bought books two and three of the series as well. A couple years later, I started working a desk job that allows you to listen to your iPod and etc. I kind of got bored of the iPod and came up with the idea of maybe listening to an audio book. I love books. I just ever have the time after work to read much. I usually have plenty of time at work to let my mind wander while working on Photoshop. So I swiped the Dresden audio books my dad had at the time (only books 1-3) and began listening to them. Thus began my obsession with audio books--especially the Dresden audio books.

As I said before, I only listened to Jim Dale before listening to James Marsters read Dresden. What's interesting about listening to James is that you can tell he learns how to make the readings better from book to book. I could tell that drastically from book one and book two.

While first listening to "Storm Front" (book 1), it kind of threw me for a loop. I was so used to Jim Dale that it was different listening to another guy. He grew on me very quickly though. He plays a very good Dresden and handles all the other voices--including Susan's--very well. Gotta say that I find the way he does Bob very amusing because he does him so well. Captures his goofy personality. ^_^ James captured Harry's personality change (ie. in the beginning of "Summer Knight") very well. Harry's grouchy and you can tell it/feel it in James' voice for Harry.

I was sad to find out that Buzzy Multimedia only created audio books for Dresden up to book 4, but found out about 3 months ago they were creating audio books for the rest of the series up to date (11 books in total). James has also signed on for them. In fact, the three they just released (Turn Coat, Proven Guilty, and White Night) I received just yesterday!!!! While the audio books aren't coming out in order, I don't care. I'm just positively thrilled they are doing them. I read "Dead Beat" just so I can listen to "Proven Guilty". Above is a pic of my current collection of audio books I've ordered for the Dresden series. I do have the 4th book "Summer Knight" in a audio book (it's not in the picture), but it kind of disappeared for a bit. My family is in the process of moving so it's in a box...somewhere. ^^;;

For fans that were sad to see SciFi cancel the show, you may want to pick up an audio book. While it's not the same as watching Harry on the TV, James makes it easy to picture Harry and the rest of the characters in your head.

If you are thinking of purchasing a Dresden audio book, you can find them at Buzzy Multimedia's site.

Is anyone else obsessed with the series? Please! Tell me your thoughts.