"Lets count the books we read in 2011"
Why - talk about them by all means, but why count them?
Some years ago we visited Blarney Castle in Cork, in the south of Ireland. In front of us at the entrance was an American couple who paid their entrance fee, walked a couple of yards into the grounds, took out a notebood and ticked off Blarney from their 'where to visit' list - then said, "that's Blarney Castle done", turned around and walked back to their car.
Counting books seems not too unsimilar.
Surely it's what you read, not how many that gives the pleasure?
"Too busy reading to count."
Couldn't have put it better.
Jim Carroll