I admire that you've spoken up why you don't like the books and us why. I always love hearing other people's views, especially if they differ from mine.

and I liked all the books so far, but I liked the 3rd (Storm of Swords) the best (because it was the longest so far ^^) and the 4th (Feast for Crows) the least, I will agree that this one wasn't as good because it didn't have Dany, Jon or Bran in it, but it at least had Arya so that held my attention. Though I did like the chapters with Brienne and Jaime in them, and Cersei's were alright. I'm impatiently waiting for the 5th one to come out, A Dance with Dragons. I read at his site that he expects it be about 1200-1300 pages.

and does anyone really think the series is going to be only 5 books?