You know.. I've been thinking of doing the same thing. I know we sold a fair amount of the books in the store but I never gave them a read.
If they are going to continue the story on TV (still a chance Hulu or Netflix may pick it up) then I'd like to finish the story first on television, since thats the way I first encountered the story.. but I would probably read the books either way- I'd just prefer to finish the TV series first for consistency sake.