Grab your coffee (or a Dr. Pepper Zero 🥤) and head over to the Central Perk couch! ☕✨ On this week’s episode of From Lair to Library, we’re bringing full 90s sitcom energy with our "Friends" vibes theme! 🛋️🎬

We’re diving into:🥊 Fighting Love by Abby Niles — High-stakes forced proximity, MMA action, and classic "will-they-won't-they" pining.🔪 Smile for the Cameras — Campy, nostalgic 90s slasher horror featuring a reunion cabin, movie-within-a-movie scripts, and tons of Easter eggs.

Plus, we debate the ultimate question: Were they REALLY on a break?! 🛑⚡ Rate our chaos on the Smelly Cat scale and listen in now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️🐉

We’re chatting about all things seasonal transitions—from college Omegaverse second-chances to small-town slasher final-girl energy.

In this episode:🍿 First week back check-ins, caffeine addictions & cheese munchies📚 Non-spoiler pitches for your early autumn TBR⚖️ Lair vs. Library Showdown: Nostalgic comfort or horror chaos?

Happy birthday Tabby!!!!!

🏒 Tabby’s Pick: Birthday Girl by Lily Kate — Bad-boy hockey player forced to teach adult swim lessons + a girl in a lime green ruffled swimsuit + an iconic, unfiltered grandma = pure gold.🕯️ Alex’s Pick: My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews — Shifting clocks, memory gaps, and psychological family secrets that will leave you questioning everything.

Plus, we’re playing Party Survival Swap to see if neon swimsuits and buntlet cakes can save us in each other’s book plots! 🎂🏊‍♀️