Learning to Speak Librarian
People say “PIN number,” even though the N stands for number.
by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2025 | 1 comment
People say “PIN number,” even though the N stands for number.
by Annaka Koster | Dec 31, 2024 | 0 comments
This place is all you. Thanks for that.
by Annaka Koster | Dec 26, 2024 | 3 comments
Buckle up, kids. We’ve got ourselves a monster romance.
by Annaka Koster | Nov 26, 2024 | 2 comments
The man could narrate his trip to the vending machine and I’d happily listen.
by Annaka Koster | Sep 26, 2024 | 2 comments
Maybe I just need to get into something nerdier, like styling cosplay wigs or long division.
by Annaka Koster | Aug 26, 2024 | 2 comments
Imagine trying to go through the same processes when you haven’t held a cell phone since 1997.
by Annaka Koster | Jun 26, 2024 | 6 comments
I didn’t think it would be difficult for me to return to my home church.
by Annaka Koster | May 26, 2024 | 0 comments
Have you ever seen anything more tragic?
by Annaka Koster | Apr 26, 2024 | 2 comments
The Bible says to love your enemies, but we are not your enemies. We’re your content, and the Bible doesn’t say anything about that.
by Annaka Koster | Mar 26, 2024 | 1 comment
You understand intuitively why people are drawn to burned-out houses. Even grandmothers.
by Annaka Koster | Feb 26, 2024 | 1 comment
The motive is never interesting and always money.
by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2024 | 6 comments
Misery loves company and I love misery.
by Annaka Koster | Dec 29, 2023 | 1 comment
What did they make in the last twelve months that sparked something—grief, pride, thought, joy, a last-minute panic because oh crap it’s my day to post something tomorrow?
by Annaka Koster | Dec 26, 2023 | 1 comment
At least in the epilogue she really sticks it to him by making him dress up in a Santa suit at the Christmas party she goes to with all of the other kidnapped women and their abductors/lovers.
by Annaka Koster | Nov 26, 2023 | 0 comments
I readied myself to finally be the one disappearing into the muddy vegetation while my siblings made sideline sports commentary about my efforts.
by Annaka Koster | Oct 26, 2023 | 1 comment
Those are the things that the metadata leaves out.
by Annaka Koster | Sep 26, 2023 | 0 comments
“Could you enhance this image” on your 1990s camcorder? Sure.
by Annaka Koster | Aug 26, 2023 | 2 comments
It was a joke when I turned to my sister and asked, “I dunno, do you wanna share a spinsters’ grave with me?”
by Annaka Koster | Jul 29, 2023 | 3 comments
Ten years ago, the post calvin was just an idea.
by Annaka Koster | Jun 26, 2023 | 2 comments
Yesterday I stumbled across a picture of a red pine and realized I had never actually seen one before.
by Annaka Koster | May 26, 2023 | 0 comments
She mouths the numbers to herself when she calculates the tip.
by Annaka Koster | Apr 26, 2023 | 1 comment
I think they might have arrested him in the end, but if they did I don’t know why.
by Annaka Koster | Mar 26, 2023 | 1 comment
Introducing slushies to the two Chinese exchange students who were on set was either the best or worst thing I’ve ever done for Sino-American diplomatic relations.
by Annaka Koster | Feb 26, 2023 | 0 comments
She shakes her head once, before looking up back at me with holy certainty. “You have no idea who you are,” she declares.
by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2023 | 4 comments
It is not uncommon for readers at this stage to lash out at others; example behaviors include a savage Twitter mention and/or telling the librarian who recommended the book that he should “seek a new career path.”
by Annaka Koster | Dec 31, 2022 | 0 comments
Most of the time, we’re just readers with admin permissions.
by Annaka Koster | Dec 26, 2022 | 1 comment
Fun new surprises to this volume include the worst pet name for any child, several cameos from the Michelle Love extended universe, and multiple scenes that make one go, “I can’t imagine that’s how sex clubs actually function.”
by Annaka Koster | Oct 26, 2022 | 4 comments
And I just don’t have it in me to explain to a cop why I’m burying Reynolds Wrap under the hostas.
by Annaka Koster | Sep 26, 2022 | 0 comments
When every thought you had about anything has already been espoused by someone more eloquent and witty than you, universal boredom seems like the inevitable end of human experience.