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For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV on a Friday afternoon is bad even before she sees a vision of herself dead. She's had plenty of visions, usually boring ones like someone's toilet's overflowed, but she's never seen one of herself before. When her overbearing momma winds up murdered on her sofa instead, two things are certain: There isn't enough hydrogen peroxide in the state of Arkansas to get that stain out, and Rose is the prime suspect.

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  • Narrated by: Shannon McManus
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Neely Kate’s life is finally coming together. She’s living and working with her best friend, Rose. Her newly discovered brother, Joe, has decided he’s done hiding that she’s his sister, and her new boyfriend, Jed, is everything she could have dreamed of and more. Only things aren’t going as well as she’d hoped. Neely Kate is still keeping secrets from Rose. 

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Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it's the death of a little old lady on Rose's street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter - the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred.

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Questionable pronunciations by the narrator.

What made the experience of listening to Thirty and a Half Excuses the most enjoyable?

I enjoy this series very much. It is fun and keeps me interested.

What did you like best about this story?

I love the fact that Rose is learning to be strong, independent, and empowered.

How could the performance have been better?

I have not read the written versions of the first three books in this series, so I am not sure if the narrator mispronounces numerous words or if the books are written in this manner. By the third book, I started writing down some of the mistakes:"Besirch" instead of besmirch "Seniortitis" instead of senior-itis, "Conscious" instead of conscientious, and "Tenively" instead of tentatively. These words are a very small representation of what I believe are errors by the narrator in all three books that I have listened to in this series. The narrator pauses inappropriately and reads awkwardly. However, I like her voices for the different characters and her accents.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

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The Series is Beginning to Lose Me

Enjoyed books 1 and 2 but the whining and "I love yous" are beginning to fray my nerves. I suppose it's all part of the main character's maturity but the plot seemed to drag because of it. I'm going to hang in for one more book because I'm invested in whether this girl can develop more backbone...come to think of it that may have been the author's design all along.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

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good

I'm officially addicted to this series. :-) I love the narrator, she does a great job

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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Love this Rose Gardner series...

This a very entertaining series. I'm on book 3 and I'm thoroughly enjoying the ride. I think Frances Fuller is a good fit as narrator, however, she does mispronounce quite a number of words which I do find bothersome.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

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Best series ever!!! Read in order!!

Love. Love and Love. I don’t know if another series I love more! The Rose Gardner series has been so much fun to read. I just wish there were more!!

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Bored with this Narrator

Glad to see this is the last book in the series with this narrator, which is the only reason I've powered through. I like the overall story, but find myself bored by the narrator's performance.

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OMG

My heart just broke!! never have I cried so hard reading a book! I have not been disappointed at all in this series. I am now gonna eat a gallon of ice cream because that's what you do when you have a broken heart lop.

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okay

This one truly surprised me and left me speechless at the end. Sometimes long-winded and others were simply boring. Has not deterred me off the series.

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Good series

Really like this series. I listen to them and the reader really creates a picture of Rose and the other characters with her voice.

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  • Julia
  • pacific palisades, CA, United States
  • 10-31-16

Entertaining and light

This is a nice little story to listen to when driving. You don't have to pay full attention to it. It's an OK story was somewhat interesting characters. It is a bit sappy. We may go on to the next one because of the ease of listening and the delightful narrator with a country drawl that adds charm to the storyline.