More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up: The WTF AM I DOING NOW? Follow Up to the Runaway Bestseller (Confessions, 2)

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Alexandra’s novel, One Good Thing, is still one of my forever favourites, and I loved how different this book was to it, whilst still being every bit as wonderful and addictive. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we’re lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all. This novel isn't just a sequel; it's a continuation of a journey that reminds us that life's path is rarely linear. Forget a face cream, fall in love’ and ‘books are heavy because they carry the weight of our imaginations’.

I didn’t post a photo from the day at Saltburn-by-Sea when the sea fret was so thick we sat at the waterfront café, muffled up to the eyebrows, looking at a grey blur because we couldn’t actually see the water.

She now lives in London with her husband – though often visits her mother in the Yorkshire Dales – and has had 12 previous books published. Alexandra Potter's writing is very readable, and it was enjoyable to catch up with Nell and her friends. They don't stand out, she's not taking us for fools and repeating the first book, but she's cleverly worked the important bits into the earlier chapters which really helped get into the flow. Biography: Alexandra Potter is the bestselling author of romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including Me and Mr Darcy.

But then something happened that no one expected, turning the world upside down in a way no one could have ever imagined. It’s a reminder that we never really get there and it’s about the journey of life not the fantasy of finally getting to that ‘goal’ so as to be happy. These titles have sold in twenty-two territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies (making the bestseller charts in the UK, US, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Serbia).

As heartfelt and hilarious as the bestselling first novel, Nell discovers that there’s no such thing as having it all figured out. Another piece of sage advice I loved, coming from Nell’s eighty-something, ex-actress friend, oddly known as Cricket, was ‘Don’t worry about getting older, worry about becoming dull,’ although even she admits ‘ageing is not for sissies. Is organizing a wedding as simple as ‘drinking champers with my friends, trying on gorgeous dresses, picking out beautiful flowers and laughing with gay abandon’, or is it spreadsheets, budgets, mothers and trying not to offend absolutely everyone? The story takes us through Nell's ups and downs, from her eccentric group of friends to her intriguing relationship with Edward, the boyfriend who maintains spreadsheets for everything. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we're lucky, we get to keep f**king up and figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all.

You could read it as a standalone book, as the beginning does a great recap of book one, yet there's loads more new content to laugh at and enjoy. I doubt there are many who could answer in the affirmative but that’s what makes it such a big adventure. All in all, another book about life not living up to the expectations in our heads and often smashing them out of the park. Born and raised in Yorkshire, Alexandra lived for several years in LA before settling back in the UK.

Join her for more laugh-out-loud lessons to be learned,truths to be told, adventures to go on and joys to discover.

Told in a diary style format by Nell (first person) be prepared to embrace what everyday life throws at you and how you deal with it . I’ve been a fan of Alexandra Potter’s for years now but have absolutely loved her last few novels, including the first Confessions book and One Good Thing. This is an absolutely fantastic follow up to Confessions of a 40 Year Old F*** Up, I knew before going into this one that I was going to love it just as much as the first book. There is humour – plenty of it - and some irreverence, but there are also moments of poignancy and it is more thought-provoking between the laughter. In books, TV shows and films, everything is dialled up to be fantasy, the perfect wife/husband, the perfect children, the perfect house, the perfect figure, the perfect job, the perfect life.But whilst the first book was special because of being so relatable when you are in your forties, this one now is a bit more classic chick-lit. It seems that actually they do not see their future invested in the same things and break off their engagement. I was worried I wouldn't remember what happened in the first one seeing as it has been over 2 years since I read it, but you're instantly thrown into it. She learns not only that ‘while broken hearts heal…you never forget’, but also the need to be true to yourself. From that late urge to want motherhood to dealing with the beginnings of Perimenopause, friendships becoming fragile as everyone is dealing with their own issues and realising you might not actually have it all together, despite being closer to 50 than before.