The maze that use to be my mind

Now since I live in a one bedroom apt, the whole library a la cindy is out ;). There really isn't a system other than I have authors grouped together... very oddly. Which only began to bug me recently because if I have to find something... I have to dig! And I have only been reading (romance) for about 3 years, currently have around 1200 and have prolly traded in at least 500. I have tracked nothing... The idea was to use some of this time off wisely and put away the books crawling up my walls, track what I own, figure out what is tbr, get rid of books I don't want and then try and figure out what I had that is gone baby gone. So total number of book cases - 5. 1. Made to fit paperback books. Six shelves - holding only one row of books. *** I am pretty set on this one holding the Harlequin books. Downside with the anthologies in it, the Desires, IM, SE, and AR doesn't fit. They are currently stacked on top. LOL turns out I own over 150 HH... who knew? 2. 4 shelves but top one is currently holding printer. (screwed myself in the divorce by taking the small desk) So currently working with 3 - two rows a shelf (could stack about four on top but aiming to not do that). 3. Built into the wall (runs floor to ceiling) in the livingroom, which you can see as you open the front door (causes the pizza guy to stare in shock and very smartly say... guess you like to read). total of 5 rows - MM about 35 across and each shelf will hold 4 rows of MM. 4. lil shelf which I am just now thinking could hold a printer on the top if moved... Currently holding paranormal books only. 3 shelves and will only hold one row (about 25). Hmmm but thinking about it all my Anita Blake books are with a friend. blah I will worry about that later, haven't even bothered to get the last one. 5. new bookcase no clue really what it will hold... has 4 rows that can be moved to fit size... I would guess it would be close to number 3. I still think I will keep it grouped by type... harl, his, contemp, para, Or I can say fuck it and just start on one wall and work my way around and go in alpha order With either of these two ideas my questions: A. Tradesize - where do I put them all together, with their author (screwing with the size!), or all together by separated with the group they belong in. B. Historical - include westerns? or should westerns get their own group? Yes by this point in the program I agree I need my head examined because really it doesn't fucking matter. But it bugs! And I am going to have to get these books off my floor at some point. My livingroom is covered in tradesize books. I had no idea I had even bought that many. Bedroom has bad boy books because of the blog I am doing, plus the books from the last library sale and ubs trip to be logged and blogged. There is a box full of books because there was no space on the cases (before the new one). There three stacks of 15 books a piece that started out as books to review/blog. Another of just Diana Palmer that need to be mailed out, from forever ago. Another stack of DP that need to go on the shelf but there was no room at the time. Then there is a stack on each side of the Harl. bookcase that are books that use to be in the case that now has just Harlequin books. And I just want to sit down and read a book. Oy... Not really sure why I blogged this other than maybe the shame of seeing it will make me do something about it. If my mother comes over I am so pretending I am not home.