I'm wondering because I heard from some people that the first episode of Season 2 would be confusing for whoever hasn't read the books. (I have read the first one, though).

Thanks for any help you provide =)

Edit: Alright, based on some of the reasoning I've seen here, watching the season first seems like the more appealing option to me. After I'm done with the season, I'll read the book to flesh out all the interesting details. I definitely enjoyed having a visual frame of reference from the show while reading the first book, and imagining how the actors would have portrayed the scenes not in the show is really cool.

Thanks for the input everyone!