Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash

By: Dixie Cash

Narrated by: Peggity Price

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash is a rollicking Texas mystery debut jam-packed with humor - and a heaping helping of romance to boot! Down in Salt Lick, Texas, a lot of folks got sass, but beauty salon proprietor Debbie Sue Overstreet has a bit more than most.

With a pen-name like Dixie Cash, you can rest assured this writing team of two lonestar ladies delivers the goods, spicy and juicy as fresh-picked hot peppers.

©2004 Dixie Cash (P)2007 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Authentic dialogue and a strong Texas flavor nicely complement the slapstick tone of Cash's rollicking debut romance featuring Debbie Sue Overstreet." ( Publishers Weekly)

Funny and heartfelt

Great story with memorable characters. The narration is top shelf. True Texan women portrayal of strength.

Okay

Not as good as her previous one. Will read another in a few years. Funny

Fun story but horrible narrator.

This was a southern, light hearted book, but the narration was poorly done. Too many pauses and breaths taken, which were clearly heard, and irritating.

light on the lips

This is just a silly book that is way too long. It's entertaining but I'd rather be listening to something else.

Disapointing

What disappointed you about Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash?

This was touted as a "hilarious, fun book", but the humor is trite and the writing is juvenile. The narration is flat and unimaginative at best. Ms. Price's lisp is a little disconcerting as well.

Would you ever listen to anything by Dixie Cash again?

No

Narrator impossible to listen to

Would you ever listen to anything by Dixie Cash again?

I won't listen to anything with this narrator again.

What didn’t you like about Peggity Price’s performance?

The pauses between each sentence and at wrong times completely destroyed the book's flow and story. I think there was humor and likeable characters, but it was just hard to tell with the narration.

falls short

Ugh. Despite a lot of promise this book falls short due to the poor narration. The reader will read one line, pause, read the next line, pause, etc. It was simply impossible to listen to as the herky-jerky reading makes you want to pull out your hair.

Good story, bad narration

Although I did enjoy the story line - very light, not much character development - the narration was often painful. She would pause in the middle of a sentence and, thus, the sentence would lose its meaning and intent. She is a very slow reader, which was painful to me as I listened to the story. I have had an Audible subscription for six years now, and this is the first review I've felt compelled to write. I listen to about one book each week during my commute to work.

Poor storyline and painful narration.

The descriptions of the stories in this series prompted me to put several of the Dixie Cash novels on my wish list. I am about halfway through this first one, and I won't be purchasing any of the others. I like a good cozy, and I'm a fan of "chick lit," too, but there is no story to this mystery. The main character has one piece of information dropped in her lap, and that's about as far as her "detection" goes. On top of that, the language is deplorable. Ms. Cash drops the "F bomb" with a predictability that becomes tedious very quickly. I know some strong native Texas women, and they are nothing like the herd of stereotypical double-first-name women created by Ms. Cash. Given the cost of publishing a book today, I have a hard time believing that any publisher saw profit potential in this plot, let alone the finished product. The editor should be fired!

As far as the narration is concerned, I have to agree with other reviewers who found Peggity Price's performance lacking. Ms. Price also narrates the "Darling Dahlia" series by Susan Wittig Albert, and her performance in that series is outstanding. Here, however, each sentence is separated by a long pause that creates a distracting disjointed flow in the story.There are em-dash pauses in some sentences where there wouldn't -- or shouldn't -- even be a comma. Whoever edited the audio did a great disservice to Ms. Price's talent.

At this point I am planning to return this title, and I cannot recommend it to other readers.

Be warned, NOT a cozy... tons of foul language.

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

This author could have eased up on the foul language and taking God's name in vain. It's a shame because I would have enjoyed this series but as it is I won't be listening to any more.

Would you ever listen to anything by Dixie Cash again?

No

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

The story wasn't bad.

Any additional comments?

A wolf in sheep's clothing.