Oh, I feel your pain! I moved 2 years ago, and I could not find some of my favorite sewing books! I looked in every cabinet and bookshelf, under the bed, in the spare bedrooms, and checked every box left in the basement that was labelled anything like 'books' or 'sewing'. Nothing. I complained so often about losing them, my husband got in the game. Guess what? They were in a box marked 'kitchen'! He said he put them there because he though I could find them easily ;-) sigh. At least I eventually found mine, and I hope you do too.
Pam