I just bought Kitchen for my Young Adult Lit class.. I haven't read it though

I LOOOOVE Mice and Men.. but I've never read anything else by Steinbeck. I really "got" that book and had an awesome teacher to guide me, so that probably has something to do with it.

I just started "Age of Innocence" last night. I'm not liking it so far, but I have to read it if I want to pass my course in modern American Lit. Sigh.. I know it's good for me to have a well rounded library but I hate when I have to read a book that is really boring (to me).