So it's pretty obvious that I'm an asoiaf board noob, too. Glad to be here! Picked up the books at Christmas when I heard about the show coming to HBO, tore through them twice, and have become completely obsessed with all things ice and fire. I'll do my best not to be a chronic lurker, but that's really my typical MO. Oh, and I have a 16lb jack russell terrier who believes herself to be a direwolf.