This isn’t a proper episode as it’s not really about books, but I wanted to share some thoughts I had about why the Minecraft movie is doing so well. Before social media and digital streaming, kids had more opportunities for exciting shared cultural moments. TV shows and movies had to be seen when they aired or there’d be no chance to participate in the face-to-face conversation at school the next day. The art being consumed almost becomes irrelevant; what matters is that kids experience it together, and I had a fun chance to witness that this weekend when I took a bunch of girls to go see the Minecraft movie.