int totalcount = 0;

    int totalpiety = 0;

                 // piety increases by 2 for books never picked up, else by 1
                 if (mitm[i].flags & ISFLAG_DROPPED
                     || mitm[i].flags & ISFLAG_THROWN)
                 {
                     totalpiety++;
                 }
                 else
                     totalpiety += 2;

                  totalcount += count;

    if (!totalcount)

    if (!totalpiety)

         gain_piety(totalcount*5);

         gain_piety(totalpiety);