If you ask me to dance, I’m bony, alright! (2,2,4)
I believe the answer is:
in my book
'if you ask me' is the definition.
(in my opinion)
'dance i'm bony alright' is the wordplay.
'dance' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'alright' becomes 'OK' (synonyms).
'im'+'bony'='imbony'
'imbony' with letters rearranged gives 'inmybo'.
'inmybo'+'ok'='IN MY BOOK'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for in my book that I've seen before include "As I see it" , "place for autobiographical details" , "To my way of thinking" , "How to describe writer's published words" , "as far as I'm concerned?" .)