Oh and I think you're right about the disorienting thing. Can never be sure it's not just cope on my part for failing to grasp something, but starting to suspect not the case. The recent exception has been praxeology, which I've not even read a full book on (so I should probably shut up), which seems to embrace reducing things to first princinples WHILE staying grounded or plain enough that I can mostly follow.
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I don't think you should worry about not reading a full book. I've darted around through many books over the past six months learning a lot but not finishing any of them and coming back to them when I'm curious again. You're just kind of meandering around different ideas and topics, trying to build up a pile of ideas before you can come back to the source of interest. I've only recently started reading semi-frequently because I recognized that I had an interest and affinity to the ideas.
I think if you're not reading for a test, take your time, leave for a bit to digest/integrate what you read, go to something else and then come back to it later on.