Once, someone asked me "Have you read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides?" Yes i had, in fact. He said "Did you like it? What did you think?"
I couldn't remember; I couldn't remember the name of the main character. Life is too short to go re-reading everything, (except maybe Harry Potter) so I write about the things I read.
I am 23 years old; the life expectancy for an Australian female is 83 years. 60 reading years x 50 books = 3000 books.