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The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie | Rachel Linden
18 posts | 9 read | 20 to read
An uplifting novel about a heartbroken young pie maker who is granted a magical second chance to live the life she didnt choose. . . . from the bestselling author of The Enlightenment of Bees. Lolly Blanchard's life only seems to give her lemons. Ten years ago, after her mothers tragic death, she broke up with her first love and abandoned her dream of opening a restaurant in order to keep her familys struggling Seattle diner afloat and care for her younger sister and grieving father. Now, a decade later, she dutifully whips up the diners famous lemon meringue pies each morning while still pining for all she's lost. As Lollys thirty-third birthday approaches, her quirky great-aunt gives her a mysterious giftthree lemon drops, each of which allows her to live a single day in a life that might have been hers. What if her mom hadnt passed away? What if she had opened her own restaurant in England? What if she hadnt broken up with the only man she's ever loved? Surprising and empowering, each experience helps Lolly let go of her regrets and realize the key to transforming her life lies not in redoing her past but in having the courage to embrace her present.
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BookNAround
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Gonna start my #bookspin book with a warm Miss Gatsby curled up on my lap.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo
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peanutnine
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#ScarathlonPhotoChallenge Day 15 💜 #Purple
Here's a purple stack from my shelves, including two with #Magic titles for #AutumnPlease
#Scarathlon #TeamBOOkLovers @Bookwormjillk
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Beautiful 🤩 💜📚 6mo
kspenmoll So pretty! 6mo
JuliaTheBookNerd Such a pretty purple pile 💜 6mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love purple 💜💜 6mo
marleed What a pretty stack! 6mo
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Roxanareads
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This book was so beautifully written it literally brought me to tears. Lolly is at a point in her life where she is wondering what happened - the love of her life is living on the other side of the country, married & living out all of his dreams. She has the opportunity to live out 3 different days in what her life could have been like had she made different choices. I feel like everything you want to happen happens just not when you expect it to.

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Serenity_Within86
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗📚👓📖✨✨✨✨✨

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Serenity_Within86
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I'm absolutely loving this book 🤩📖✨

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Serenity_Within86
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Love starting my day off with a book and coffee 📚👓📖☕✨✨✨✨✨

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Serenity_Within86
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Can't sleep so I might as well read 📚👓📖

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SilversReviews
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Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#TEMPTINGTITLES
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

Today‘s Prompt: WITH MAGIC - I AM A DAY LATE WITH MY POST.

ROMANCE - FICTION - MAGICAL REALISM

THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROP PIE is a sweet, heartwarming, uplifting read with a character you will fall in love with.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/mwh52uxe

@rachellinden_writer

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love this cover 💜🍋 12mo
Eggs 🍋💛🌼 12mo
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IamIamIam
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An extraordinarily sweet story about what could happen if you chose to relive your regrets and decide which path could be yours. Light hearted, not really my style, a bit repetitive but I enjoyed the concept so it lands on the Pick side more than the So- So side.

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TheSpineView
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this cover 🍋💜 13mo
Eggs So colorful 💛🥧🍋 13mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#NationalPieDay 🍋🥧🤤💛✨ #JanuaryJazz 🥳🪅🪩

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Beautiful 🍋💛🥧 1y
SilversReviews I loved this book. Thanks for sharing it for pie day. I never thought of posting it. 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome cover 💜💛 1y
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Kshakal
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Who doesn‘t have regrets in life??? What would you do if you could see an alternate version of your life?? This book was a beautiful story about the lemons that life can hand you and how important it is to follow your bliss!! Absolutely loved it!

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Wistful but with some wit and whimsy. I can't decide if I like Lolly, but Aunt Gert was a riot. Grief does funny things to people but I don't see how Lolly got to where she was at 32 - she was just a bit too flat as a character for me to understand her motivations. But, I enjoyed where the lemon drops took us, particularly the use of the second one. And while you'll see the ending coming from the beginning, it's a (mostly) satisfying conclusion.

janeycanuck Book 3/4 for #SuperSeptember (and now I‘m off to see if I can finish up the non-fic I have in progress!! 2y
Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 2y
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marleed
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I like the majority of what I read and typically rate books between 3-75-5 stars (B- to A+). I‘m always surprised when I have a grid 3 or more lower ranks. Thank goodness the tagged was a fun surprise!

5* = Loved It, want to shout out loud about this book! I do/will own/keep a physical copy. A+
4*= I liked it, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

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My summer TBR was too high to stack this atop it, but the book kept calling me to it. It‘s all sorts of adorable so I have no regrets that another book remains stacked until next year. I love the influence of Joseph Campbell and that his recommendation to follow your bliss inspired the story - added nod to him, not lost on me, when supporting character Aunt Gert was described as a retired professor of theology and mythology :)

SilversReviews LOVED this book!! 2y
marleed @SilversReviews I mean if all the raindrops were lemon drops ;) 2y
SilversReviews @marleed 😀😀😀😀😀 2y
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angieinwonderland
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Sweet. Inspiring. Heart-warming. Alluring and wishful.

Basically all the feel good words you can think of, mixed with a touch of pain and grief.

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LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this sweet read.

THE MAGIC OF LEMON DROP PIE is a sweet, heartwarming, uplifting read with a character you will fall in love with.

A truly enjoyable read that gives some great advice but also a few heartaches. 5/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/2ctw4xys

@rachellinden_writer
@penguinrandomhouse

Dragon Stacking 💛 🍋 2y
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SilversReviews
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FULL REVIEW 8/5.

Could goals you made in seventh grade affect your life when you are in your thirties?

Lolly feels like her life is a lemon.

Aunt Gert gives her magic lemon drops.

A sweet, heartwarming, uplifting read with a character you will fall in love with.

A truly enjoyable read that gives some great advice but also a few heartaches. 5/5

Do not miss this book!!

@rachellinden_writer
@BerkleyPub