Spring Break Coffee

Welcome to book review fourteen of fifty-three for this year’s Virtual Coffee Shares. I picked books related to the theme at Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils: coffee, books, and puzzles.

The Absent Author: A to Z Mysteries
Author Ron Roy
Published in September 1997
The publisher is Random House Books for Young Readers (Illustrated Edition).
Available in eBook, Audio, Paperback (96 pages), and School & Library Binding Mysteries & Detective Stories for Children | Action & Adventure for Children (Books) | Chapter Books for Children

An entertaining read for young readers—grades one to four.

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If we were having coffee, I would share that Natalie is on a blog break, so there is no Weekend Coffee Share linkup this week. Please leave me the link to your coffee post in the comments section. I’ll try to stop in for a virtual coffee before the weekend is over.

If we were having coffee, I would share a picture of the most recent puzzle I finished. It is a 1000-piece Buffalo Games puzzle called “Cookies and Tea.”

If we were having coffee, I would share that A-to-Z started this week, and it is going well. If you are curious about my A-to-D pieces (I posted letter D today), you can check them out here: A-to-Z challenge 2025.

If we were having coffee, I would share that the kids were off for spring break this week. We went to the movies to see “A Working Man.” I took the family out to lunch. We went to the Jump Yard and met friends, and my youngest son had a pool party to go to. It was a pleasant week.

Well, here is the coffee bean grinder virtual friend. Please tell me about your week.

By Shari Marshall – 2025