The Kari AnnAlysis

Release: February 17, 2009

Do you ever sit back and think about your life and wonder what it would be like to take on an adventure you’d never thought possible? What about giving up your life when a complete stranger sends you parts to a motorcycle?

Meet Georgia. She’s in her late 30s, works at a chicken factory and sleeps. She doesn’t have a social life other than her dog. But all of this changes the day she received a couple pieces of metal in the mail. They come with labels of what the parts are. Day after day, more parts come. Georgia has no clue who they are from but starts compiling them. She finally gets all the parts along with a manual on how to put the bike together. Not much gets Georgia going, but for some reason she can’t stop thinking about this.

She quits her job, moves in with her Uncle and they put the bike together. Georgia can’t believe the life she is now living. She finally feels free and alive. But what about the person that made it for her? Why did they go through all of this trouble? Once Georgia finally finds out, a flush of bad memories come back along with a man who thinks he could have stopped her from being hurt as a teen.

I got this book from the Kelley and Hall Publishing Company. My mom and her boyfriend ride bikes and I thought it would be a good book for both me and my mom to read and talk about. I definitely think she’ll like it.

This book has two points of view. One from Georgia’s life and one from Frank’s life. At first, I had no idea who this Frank fella was and why he got such a big role in this book. And a forewarning, while Georgia’s part starts out dark, you ain’t seen nothing until you see the darkness of Frank’s life. There were times I wished I could smack him. Although I was confused about Frank’s role at first, it was soon put to ease…. just to spark more confusion. The book hinted on why Georgia was sent the bike, but it didn’t say until the last 100 pages or so. But every time it mentioned it, I had to sit and think if I missed it or it didn’t sink in.

I really like the female empowerment in this story. I like that Georgia took her life by the balls and did something to make herself happy. I believe in controlling your destiny to a certain extent. If all I ever did was work and sleep and had my hands up a chicken’s butt all day, I’d probably be unhappy too.

I can’t wait until my mom read this. And her boyfriend probably will too. Yay for a book club of sorts I give Assembling Georgia 3 bookmarks.