I'm currently reading Book 2 of A Storm of Swords in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Nearly finished. Great stuff. I'm sad that I'm almost finished...
Only somewhat related: I hate, in films, when the characters all have different accents, even though they're supposed to be of the same nationality....
I'm not exactly sure how accurate this is, but I remember reading an article a few years back that most people can only truly learn another language...