Hi! I'm Gergely from Hungary (Gregorius is the Latin equivalent of my name, hence the nick) and I'm working as a sports editor. Funnily enough I didn't get addicted because of the books or the HBO series, but the recap of the HBO series on a Hungarian website - it was really well written and funny as well. So I bought all the books and I have to say that these were the best ones I've read in the last few years (among with two Caleb Carr novels). Got through all the books in about two months, getting ready for a summer/autumn re-read - they will surely reveal more.
