Miss Bernard said.

Machida Sawako, nicknamed Miss Bernard, frequents the school library and always seems to have a book in her hands... but while she longs to be an avid reader, she finds reading to be too much work.

The school librarian, Hasegawa Sumika, is interested in Endou, so she tries to strike up a conversation about the book he's reading. Elsewhere in the library, Sawako asks Shiori for some sci-fi recommendations.

Sawako wonders what would be the correct approach to the works of the author Murakami Haruki.

The gang helps Sumika design some "pop" signs to draw attention to their favorite books in the library.

Shiori teaches Sawako about Japan's three greatest mystery novels.

Shiori teaches Sawako about Japan's three greatest mystery novels.

The girls share stories of their experiences with used bookstores.

Sawako and Endou-kun discuss the book Sawako's been reading, Fermat's Last Theorem, in the café where Shiori works part-time.

It starts to snow while Sawako and Shiori are waiting for the bus, inspiring conversation about books related to snow and cold.

The usual library gang can't seem to get used to the silence when Sawako is absent from school with a cold.

Sawako decides to try exchanging letters, a trick that literary masters of the past to broaden their horizons... and her chosen partner is a reluctant Kanbayashi Shiori.

Shiori looks forward to spending her shinkansen trip reading, but ends up getting a call from Sawako while on the train...