same here....started at/about the 

1.16.100.56 update.  Android, s9+

Also cannot use books at all, and I suspect ANY object that works similar to food/books.   Like a map, fishing pole(the hud icon part)etc etc.....gonna check it.   If it works, I will come back and say it works.   If it does not, Bye for now.

same issue here, on latest build 1.12

yeah, I should not have.

 I did the barest-minimum search before posting.