I recently came into possession of the entire Song of Ice and Fire series.
Now obviously I'm a big fan of the TV show and have watched the first two seasons.
The question I pose now is whether I should start with reading the first two books, despite already knowing most of the plot, or if the knowledge depicted by the TV show is sufficient enough to allow me to jump straight into book three.
The books are rather lengthy so reading something I already know most of the plot of will be tedious. On the other hand missing out on much of the details may render later books incomprehensible.
So what would you recommend? Is is viable to skip the first two books after having seeing the TV show?