Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Wrigley 5 Gum: Vortex

Wrigley's 5 Gum in Vortex is a green-apple flavor. When you open the pack, it hits you in the face with sour green apple scent. It made me think of a Jolly Rancher, to be honest.

The flavor tastes almost as it smells only a bit less intense. You do get the sour/fruity Jolly Rancher feel, but it is a bit underwhelming. Nevertheless, it's not bad. A bit of "juicy green apple" flavor as the box promises and some chewing. The stick was nice and soft, too.

Not my favorite flavor but I've been able to munch on it for a bit, which says something.

Monday, September 3, 2012

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

This book was a fairly good thriller, although the character developments seemed a bit strange and disjointed and unexplained. I definitely enjoyed the thriller-mystery hybrid, although I will say, the fact that a cat is tortured and killed, even a fictional one, rubs me very much the wrong way. I almost couldn't finish the book because it bothered me.

The book is kind of camel-like, since you have the initial mystery and then a "mystery solved" resolution of the conflict that started the book. So, I suppose it would be more sandwich-like.

If you don't know Sweden or Stockholm, you'll be lost -- lots of familiar references to countryside places and city districts that make those who have no clue about the area go "...What?" over and over again.

Not a bad book though.