I'm rereading A Song of Ice and Fire in conjunction with watching the HBO series Game of Thrones and in anticipation of this summer's release of the fifth book in the series, A Dance With Dragons.

I enjoyed the series a lot the first time I read it (about five years ago), and I've conveniently forgotten many of the plot points. I'm also soaking in the details and greatly enjoying some of the characters I didn't care for the first time around. I have found that the HBO series is adding to my enjoyment — they've done a splendid job of casting, and although they are telegraphing some elements that don't happen in the books until later, they are staying extremely close to the source material.

This is a masterful series, and I hope to see it completed some day, but even with just the first four books in hand, it's well worth the journey.