No more Book Jenga

The problem of my piles of books literally came to a head last week when, instead of sensibly trying to get a book from one 4ft pile, I tried to play Book Jenga. The result was all the books above the one I wanted fell on me (I was crouching down). Naturally the heaviest, a hardback copy of volume 1 of the Gulag Archipelago, fell on my head.

So I finally sorted them all. The bookshelf is for books related to my research, a few novels on the cupboard next to it, and the rest of novels ontop of my wardrobe which is proving to be quite successful alternative shelf.

I've put all my books on Librarything.com and it appears I have 387 books. No wonder I had shelving trouble. The problem is I gave twice as many in storage at my parents' house. Oh dear.