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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 23h

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

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AJ (Poppy) Alexanders 🏳️‍🌈 @poppyalexanders.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

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

What Coe’s Read: Hannah and Gregory

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

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 · 1d

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...

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…

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Natalie Kelda @nataliekelda.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

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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 · 2d

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!

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

Mooooooreeeee

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

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

Tfw a .gov website links to a Breitbart article.

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 · 7d

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 · 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

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

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

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

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Far Removed by C.B. Lansdell

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

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 · 7d

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

Grimoire Ink Reviews @grimoireinkreviews.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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

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

And another one!! (Ugh these look so good 😫😫😫😫)

Bill Adams - Willow Wraith Press author/owner @williamjadams3.bsky.social · 7d

🌳Hey hey, cover reveal number 2 #booksky!🌳

Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs by @adamcbassett.com, a post apocalyptic fantasy novella

Check it out! willowwraithpress.com/2025/10/01/c...