As I continue unpacking (took me seven weeks to pack after living at my Chicago residence for 16 years; I'm thinking about two+ weeks to unpack), my >1500-book private library is indeed cumbersome.
I sacrificed my bookshelves on the move, with the net result that I have no proper home for the books I packed, beyond stacking them up along the walls of a side room.
Can't be helped; I love books, can't bear to part with them. But the massive number of books I have is daunting. I'll take pictures of my book stacks once I'm done placing them. Something for the ol' Instagram feed.