A Game of Thrones - initial thoughts

Happy new year! With the new year I started reading a new book - A Game of Thrones the first book in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin. I haven't watched the popular TV series, Game of Thrones, that is based on the series yet, but I plan to after I finish all 5 books. The first 50 or so pages are confusing because the author jumps right in to the mystical fantasy world that the reader knows nothing about (assuming you haven't already been watching the show). But after you overcome that initial chunk of information overload, you're able to catch on and figure out the main sides of the story. I say main sides because the book is eloquently written from differing perspectives of characters involved, which each chapter titles by the name of the person whose perspective you'll be reading about. I'm about 100 pages in so far and I'm starting to love it. Let's see where the next 700 pages leaves me..