You know what I hate?

I hate the idea of those tall paperbacks they're selling now. They're the same width as normal mass market paperbacks, but just taller. They represent a threat to the uniform height of the bookshelf contents. It's bad enough that I have to deal with the spine colors not matching; now I have to step carefully on online purchases, checking the dimensions to make sure they're not freak books. Do these tall books represent some sort of increased readability? Less page turns? There has to be some reason to turn your back on reason and handsomely level bookshelves. Or is it just insanity?

I guess I'll just have to get everything leather-bound.