I do 10 checkbooks every month...and you're right, the bank has managed to make them into a pain in the neck!! Checks are deposited electronically, which is nice in a way. I don't have to handle them, take them to the bank, etc., but on weekends, instead of showing as separate deposits to match my books, they add them all together...
It can take me days to balance one checkbook! (For the most part, the others are easy)