It really was. I never thought that would be a group activity - but you're quite right, it isn't that different from watching TV.

We did need to pause a lot to discuss events as the story went on, but I think that might be just me and Elisa who are like that. :P In a way it was a unique experience, since it was listening together to written text, as opposed to listening to a radio show or a film that would have been made specifically for that media. The word should be spread across fandom. More people need to group listen to things!