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Light From Distant Stars is a novel of family, memory, and secrets. The reader learns that Cohen...
This was a tricky book to pin down at first. I mean, who would embalm their own fathers body? I...
First off, the cover was devastatingly beautiful. I've always been a sucker for beautiful covers,...
To be honest I wanted to read this book because the cover was so beautiful but after reading the...
This, for me, was one of those "pass" novels. That is until I started seeing it pop up ......
First off this book cover is amazing and it is what is pulling you in. The little that i knew of...
The reader is taken into a week in the life of Cohen Marah. The second paragraph in the book is a...
3.5 stars to be honest. I received this book as an ARC and I was so excited to read it- the...
Light from Distant Stars is a magical read. The writing style by Shawn Smucker is brilliant. It...
Shawn Smucker's Light from Distant Stars is an inspiring tale that interweaves the past and...
The writing and style was good..the plot and characters portrayed it very well..the story was...
Dang what the heck this seems crazy. Like this junk is what keeps me reading I like a good...
This book was well written but ultimately wasn't for me. I was hoping this book would be more of...
This book sounds like something I would like to read. It almost seems creepy. I can't wait to...
When Cohen Marsh steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family...
This book wasn't quite what I had expected. That doesn't diminish the enjoyment at all however. I...
When I started Light from Distant Stars by Shawn Smucker, I thought it was going to be a totally...
This book was about a man named Cohen that walks into the funeral home that he works at and finds...
Shawn is a vivid storyteller!!! I'm not usually a fan of books that go back and forth between...
I was really excited about this book during the first few chapters. Then my excitement was lost....
I thought the premise sounded interesting, and the book started out supporting that. However, it...
Premise: As Cohen’s father wrestles imminent death after a severe injury, Cohen begins to reflect...
A BookishFirst win. This book is about the story of Cohen Marah, who is the son of a funeral...
I was so grateful to win a Bookish First giveaway for this book. This was a great read....
“A Sky once filled with light from distant stars was overwhelmed by streetlights and headlights...
From the first chapter you can tell Cohen is going to be dealing with a lot of grief, even after...
2.5 STARS This book is just ok, nothing over the top. Author Smucker is a good writer but the...
This is the first book I've read by this author and I will definitely look for his previous work...
Cohen Marah finds his father Calvin, nearly dead, in the embalming room of the family's funeral...
SPOILER ALERTS!! It is rare that I give a book five stars, and this one certainly exceeded my...
This book was fine, but I’m not sure it accomplished as much as it wanted to. It was a vaguely...
With all the hype surrounding the release of this book I really wanted to, and expected to like...
It's hard to come up with 700 words even for such a thought provoking book. Straight up didn't...
When Cohen Marah steps over his father’s body in the basement embalming room of the family’s...
As Cohen steps over the body of his father he wonders if he was the reason for his father’s...
I thought I was going to read a murder mystery but what I found was something incredibly written....
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