A Game of Thrones: a book that made me want to learn more As an ESL student I've read some English Literature classics from author like Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll. Even though I know I've to read even more to finish all great books list, I'm not in a hurry. So, I have this little project where I always read a popular recent book when finishing with a classic. When I read 'A Game of Thrones' by George R. R. Martin, the first book in the series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', my reading project was blown up. I just couldn't wait to finish a classic to start the second book in the series. I read the first two and now I'm at the third. It's so addicting that when I don't understand an word but got the main idea of a paragraph I'm not satisfied. I put the reading to a halt, and go search the word in the dictionary, so that I will know EXACTLY what the author meant!