Hi! There likely won't ever be a "traditional" inventory system in Tiny Life. The reason for this is that I have a very strong dislike for the way that inventories are implemented in The Sims 4, but also in previous The Sims games, and they end up being much more annoying than useful overall.

However, there will be other ways to carry items around, in addition to the existing way that you've described, which is to just hold on to items while visiting other locations. So stay tuned for that! :)

After a quick attempt, I didn't seem to be able to reproduce the issue you were describing with the book. Picking up a book from a bookshelf, carrying it to a location that doesn't have one, and then reading it there, seems to work fine for me. If you can reproduce this issue easily, please report it to the feedback form at https://tinylifegame.com/bugreport so we can get it fixed. Thanks!

Thanks for the response.

If there will be other ways, that would just as good as inventories, so that's good to hear.

From what I remember, there was an insect-symbol speech bubble, so I thought that it might have been because there were bees around, but that seems unlikely.

I only tried that once, but I'll see if I can reproduce it and fill out the form if it happens.

The bug symbol means there was a, well, bug with the game, and this should absolutely be reported!