No kidding... I think reading the lanes is the hardest thing for me to be honest. I've been throwing the ball amazing. Mastering lane transitions is all about seeing the transitions before they happen...
You need to figure out where the oil is in warm ups by throwing a slow easy shot with a good amount of side rotation, and watch how far the ball goes down the lane before it hooks, and how much it hooks. Try to find a different colored board or a reflection in the area where the ball hooked from and adjust your feet so the ball gets to the pocket on the next shot.
If the ball goes very far down the lane before hooking then you are going to want the ball to hook to the pocket between the 15 and 10 boards if the ball goes medium then you will want to find a marker between the 5 and 10 board and if the ball hooks early then you want to find a mark between the 5 board and the gutter.
Watch the rotation of the ball all the way from your target at the arrows to the break point and from the break point to the pins and see how the ball finishes through the pins and how it hits the 9 pin (8 pin for lefties).
If you start off lining up to the break point and get a feel for how far down the lane you want the ball to travel you will develop a feel for when the ball should hook, when this happens, say "hook" or "now" to yourself this will confirm the feeling is right or not by if it hooks or not, if not something went wrong or you aren't playing the lane right, if it does then you turn your attention to the 9 pin and say "left", "solid", or "right". If it hits left or right then you need to adjust so the ball hits the 9 solid, this is what's telling you to adjust before you leave something bad.