Yeah I know exactly what you mean and it's something I want to be really conscious of... I think going overboard on tracking, one would run the risk of sucking a lot of joy away that comes from the fuzzy/organic nature of reading.

I really like your perspective for sure.

I think given the times we live in, a lot of people these days have a (quite unhealthy) impulse to quantify everything. I don't want to indulge that impulse too greedily or have it become a chore... one of my favourite bits from Ralph Waldo Emerson is a nice reminder to not get caught up on obsessively tracking/monitoring:

“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”