My question is to readers of academic books. Is it ok to say that I have read a book if after midway through a book I am convinced of the main points an author is making and do not wish to continue to the very end. For instance, I have been reading Polanyi’s Personal Knowledge for a while now. I have made it to halfway and think I have got his main propositions. Is it ok to claim I have read this book? What are your views on this?
“I’ve read some of their work.” To say you read the book is just sloppy language. And it’s okay to be sloppy with your words if people get your meaning. But the fact that you’re asking tells me you’re not okay with that slight misstatement