Oh my god reading EAST OF EDEN it's sooooooo good!!!!!

I have kind of a love/hate relationship with Steinbeck. I went through a major JS phase a few years back, where I read Grapes of Wrath, In Dubious Battle, Cannery Row, and Tortilla Flat. I loved Grapes. It's still one of the best novels I've ever read. And In Dubious Battle, while not actually a superior book to Grapes, is so fun: it's like he turned th…