Sleeping Pill

I just got Monster Manual V, fresh from the stocks of Comic Quest. It's beautiful and gorgeous but my one complaint with D&D books in general is that for some strange reason, I get sleepy reading them. More so when reading books like Spell Compedium and Magic Item Compedium. As much as I love crunch, those books have that text book feel. I don't know if I'm using my brain too much (too much cheesing!) or books without a story are simply dull, making me fall asleep.