I wound up splurging at the bookstore yesterday and buying it because the library doesn't carry a copy. However, I'm going to her house this weekend.

Yay! I also found a copy in Russian on-line library (they have such a thing), but I haven't strated it yet, I was VERY busy at work.

Should I read the book first? Or watch the movie?

By what I have heard, the book and the movie are quite different and I find it easier in this ase, then some part of a surprise is still left.. I also watched "Dresden files" before I read the first book. "Night Watch" is pretty interesting, but as winterspel said, flawed.