I Never Watched Game of Thrones. Then I Read the Book Book Review

Mere Mortals Book Reviews by Kyrin Down & Juan Granados

Aug 25, 202600:15:43Arts

I never watched Game of Thrones. Then I finally picked up George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones and I get it now. I went into the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire with almost no connection to the TV series. In fact...

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