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The course of true love never did run smooth. For some couples, it seems to take longer than others to get it quite right. These four particular couples needed a great deal of time – and decades apart, a time loop, or time travel in order to connect. In one memorable case, they required a magic groundhog. Perhaps they can provide some inspiration for any singles hoping to meet someone in Elizabethan times or the twenty fourth century or even Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

DM: You sure you want to play a Lawful Good character? You usually play more ruthless guys.

JAVERT: No, it’s cool. I want to stretch myself.

DM: Okay, it’s in the prison that you meet Jean Valjean, who was arrested for stealing a loaf of bread.

[Movie still from Before I Fall, Awesomeness Films and Jon Shestack Productions]

We are super excited for the release of the movie of Before I Fall. We can’t wait to see Samantha relive her last day on earth over and over again on the big screen. In the meantime, we’ve satisfied our time-centered young adult novels fix with the following books.

Happy birthday Dr. Seuss! Let's commemorate the birthday of Theodore Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, by answering the greatest question ever posed in all of literature.

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You may have noticed that lifestyle magazines and blogs everywhere have started using a word that sounds like the transliteration of a sneeze: hygge. But what the dickens is hygge?, you may be asking yourself, and also, how do I pronounce it? Simply put, it’s the Danish word for ‘cozy;’ it’s pronounced HOOG-ah; and it represents the feeling of utter contentedness that comes from surrounding yourself with things that make you happy, relaxed and comfortable. And if you’re a geek like us, then geeky = happy and comfortable. So let’s get our geeky hygge on, shall we?

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Here at Quirk Books, we love Mardi Gras. What with the vivid colors, ornate masks, delicious food, free-flowing beverages, and all-out parties, what’s not to adore? In honor of this raucous holiday, we compiled a list of characters we would want to party with the most. Laissez les bon temps rouler with these five party animals!