It's possible you just were not done that quest sequence. You need to have completed the ENTIRE quest sequence in order to play back the scenes during this (I learned this because my brother ended up skipping the HUGE set of cutscenes in 2.55 and he had to continue on to the quest arc conclusion before he could rewatch those scenes he skipped.)

I've never skipped anything like that though and have not really used the book at the inn.