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  We love books that let us travel through not only time, but alternate universes—the possibilities really are endless! Take  Muse  by Brittany Cavallaro for example, which takes place in 1893–in an alternate reality, of course, where America is actually a monarchy. Who would’ve thought! Here at Team Epic Reads, we go back and forth over eras we would want to live through, and all the hypotheticals that come with it. So which time period were you meant to live in? Take the quiz below and find out! Take This Quiz To Find Out What Time Period You Were Meant to Live In Copy and paste in another browser the link below to start! https://www.epicreads.com/blog/time-period-quiz/

By  Leah Rachel von Essen   Apr 16, 2021 The first thing you should know is that I always manage to choose the worst books to read on airplanes. And by the worst books, I mean fantastic books that will turn me into an awkward blubbering mess that makes the person sitting next to me very concerned. Examples? I’ve managed to finish  The Book Thief  on a plane twice, read the final chapters of  Who Fears Death   by Nnedi Okorafor on my way to Buffalo, and finished N.K. Jemisin’s  The Stone Sky   on a late-night flight to Chicago. I also once  chose  to watch  The Iron Giant  while wine drunk on a plane (the flight attendant had to ask if I was okay. It was mortifying). So why do I do it? Why do I forge forward, isolated on a plane and so completely immersed in the story I’m reading, even when I know the tears are slowly rising? A good happy-cry is one of the best things that can happen to us. Sometimes when I’m getting into my feelings, I’ll watch a series of Broadway song videos that get