BOOKS by SARAH NORTHWOOD

READER’S CHOICE AWARDS 2019 It’s a moment filled with pride. The reader’s choice award had 28 finalists from across the globe for six categories of genre. It gives me great happiness to announce that my young adult, fantasy fiction, The Westwood Witches has made it through to the final. In fact, four books from the group, Motivational Strips, a writers forum with 4 million visitors every month, and who I am the British admin for have made it through! The fours books are: • Ho

Dearest friend, Easter is here! You would be hard pressed to tell the season from a look out of the window, but it’s here all the same. Perhaps the biggest giveaway is the line of cars parked nose to bumper outside our house. Which seem to mirror the line of houses, of which ours sits firmly in the middle. Unlike the sardine cars however, there is no gap between them, not even a cat’s whisker. I guess the large number of parked cars relates to the number of parents who have d

I've not managed to read quite as much as I would have liked over the summer but as it's been a while there are plenty of great books for you in my blog. With being busy writing myself and the kids off from School, life has been a little chaotic. As always these reviews are based solely on my own personal opinions and reflect my honest review, which is taken from the one I left on Amazon and Goodreads. I'd love to be able to give an in depth review of each book that I read bu

For those who don't know, I have recently released a fiction novel/novella called She's Not Gone. It's a suspenseful psychological story about a character who becomes trapped in an abusive relationship (hardly an easy topic I know). Through Katie's eyes we begin to understand how and why people find themselves unable to break free of these controlling and frightening relationships. In the second half of the novel because I like to play stories with twists and turns, there is

At the weekend, the weather was glorious and perfect for a trip to the zoo. Three of us were looking forward to it, my other half, my eldest daughter and me. Unfortunately, my youngest wasn't. You see, going to the zoo for her, is something that causes anxiety and worry. Actually, any large busy place can often be a difficult for her to cope with. She suffers with some sensory issues (sensory processing disorder) and anxieties related to this, which can make a routine family

Recently I discovered that other people enjoy hearing about what writers get up to when they’re not writing. I mean do writers do other stuff? To be frank though, it’s not as if I spend every second of the day writing, far from it. I have a part time job, I spend time on social media networking, of course I love to read and support other authors as well, and promoting my own work. This all takes plenty of my time! Aside from this, I do have a life outside of my computer, just