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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 18m

Thank you 🥺🥺🥺

AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 1h

Oh hey look!

Ambitious got a review!
I'm also the Willow Wraith Press indie book club book this month!
Read it on KU for free, grab an ebook for .99, or get a signed copy from my ko-fi!

Thank you guys so much for the love!!

Bill Adams - Willow Wraith Press author/owner @williamjadams3.bsky.social · 20h

Book review time! The Willow Wraith Press Indie Book Club book for October! #booksky

An Ambitious Woman and Her Very Normal Pet by Lily Greene (aka @poppyalexanders.bsky.social )

also, very happy birthday, Poppy!

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you! 🥺

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you! It was a lot of fun to write! 🥰💀

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Dave Lawson @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social · 21h

Giveaway alert!
In celebration of our October book anniversaries, 5 of us at Willow Wraith Press are holding a giveaway. 5 paperbacks, one winner!
Featuring books from @authornickbetts.bsky.social @ajcalvin.bsky.social @poppyalexanders.bsky.social, @nickawrites.bsky.social, and me!

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A.J. Calvin @ajcalvin.bsky.social · 20h

GIVEAWAY ALERT
There are 5 book birthdays for Willow Wraith Press in October, and this is your chance to win all 5

Help @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social, @nickawrites.bsky.social, @poppyalexanders.bsky.social, @authornickbetts.bsky.social and me celebrate. Follow the instructions for your chance to win!

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N.A. (Nick) Betts @authornickbetts.bsky.social · 20h

GIVEAWAY 🚨

There are five book birthdays for WWP in October. This is your chance to one prizepack of the five.

Help @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social, @nickawrites.bsky.social, @ajcalvin.bsky.social, @poppyalexanders.bsky.social, and I celebrate.

Follow the post instructions for your chance to win! 🔥

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 1h

📚 October Book Giveaway!📚
Want to win 5 paperbacks from 5 incredible authors?
( @nickawrites.bsky.social , @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social , @authornickbetts.bsky.social , @ajcalvin.bsky.social , and me!)
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Follow us!
Like and share this post.
Tell me your favorite thing about autumn! 🍂🍁
That's it! :)

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Dave Lawson @dlawsonauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Every time I sell a book, a strand of hair returns. Could I one day have hair like this again??

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 5d

Nice.

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 5d

a.co/d/dmw19Y6 for ebook and
ko-fi.com/ajalexanders for paperbacks!

Amazon.com

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 5d

Goooood morning!
The world is on fire. Do you want to read something cozy?
Do you want to see a young man's fundamentalist and imperialistic ideals be destroyed in light of facts and engagement in communities he's long hated and persecuted?
Do you want to adore a half-fox twink?
Ambitious.👇

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 6d

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ko-fi.com/ajalexanders

Amazon.com: An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet eBook : Greene, Lily: Books

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 6d

Proof of life with accompanied reminder--Ambitious is WWP's book club book this month!
It's also almost my birthday 😏😏
So! Go pick up an ebook copy! It's available on KU!
Or you can buy a signed paperback from me directly at ko-fi, which gives me more money directly sooo 🤔😜

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Author C B Lansdell @cblansdell.bsky.social · 6d

My review for this charming Hansel and Gretel retelling is on Willow Wraith Press. It is perfect as a quick Halloween read, and it's free for the next few days.
🧡🎃
willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/07/w...

What Coe’s Read: Hannah and Gregory

by J.C. Faust Summary: Trick-or-treating is the least of their worries when siblings find themselves left for dead on Halloween. Abandoned by their evil stepmother. Stranded in an endless forest. S…

willowwraithpress.com

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 7d

I had an amazing review over on Instagram yesterday 🥰

If you haven't yet, you really ought to check out Reflections of Lilje Damselfly. Grab a paperback with merch on my site or read it on KU today!

thank.thegods.for.smut

Book Recommendation

I'm going to need you guys to stop what you're doing and pick up Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by @nataliekelda immediately. I picked this up on a whim last night as I was cleaning my little library room. It was calling to me at the top of one of my stacks, because @foxandwit made this lovely edition in one of their last book boxes. I didn't know anything about this book going in, and I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY. This book is heartbreakingly beautiful. It packs the biggest punch in only 200 pages. This book is about what it means to lose yourself in chronic illness and how to find yourself on the other side. How to stand up for yourself and what you want. How to find and accept love, even when it's forbidden. And how to take the path less traveled, because it might lead to the most beautiful ending.

My gods this was stunning. I didn't have crying before 8am on my bingo card, but I'm so glad I picked this up. And I kept thinking about the similarities and illness rep between this story and When the Tides Held the Moon, which is another of my absolute favorites of the year.

This is a 5 star read, easy. And it's on Kindle Unlimited. Do yourself a favor and pick up this sapphic love story between a water nymph & a human as soon as possible. My goodness. I'm (almost) too stunned to speak.

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 7d

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An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet

Amazon.com: An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet eBook : Greene, Lily: Books

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 7d

Ambitious is Willow Wraith Press's October book of the month!
To celebrate, it's available on KU and 0.99 as an ebook.

Happy spooky month!

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 10d

Mooooooreeeee

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 10d

Tfw a .gov website links to a Breitbart article.

a rabbit from the secret life of pets is angry and says `` i 'm sorry ... what ? ''

ALT: a rabbit from the secret life of pets is angry and says `` i 'm sorry ... what ? ''

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 12d

The worst part about having the most cuddly and warm dogs is getting out of bed on time

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 12d

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An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet

Amazon.com: An Ambitious Woman and her Very Normal Pet eBook : Greene, Lily: Books

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 12d

www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...

Willow Wraith Press - Indie Bookclub

A collective of nerds with a mission to uplift indie authors! This group has read: The Light Of Kasaban and The Source of Strife

www.goodreads.com

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 12d

Do youuu know about willow wraith press's indie book club over on goodreads?
No?
Become acquainted.
This month, Ambitious was selected as our October read!
To make it more accessible, Ambitious is available on KU and for 0.99!
Want to vote for next month's? Join the good reads group, links below!

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 12d

This is a book on our Willow Wraith book club list!!

Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 12d

Far Removed by @cblansdell.bsky.social

"It’s a book that explores how a broken person comes into their own after being broken."

Read @andresstein.bsky.social' full review
grimoireinkreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/f...

Far Removed by C.B. Lansdell

Reviewed by Andrés da Silveira Stein ★★★★★ It’s incredibly hard to explain this book without spoilers. But I’ll try. *sigh* Who are you, when you’re forbidden to be you? Who are y…

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