Here’s a holiday after my own heart. Starting today, April 1, it’s Buy a Friend a Book Week. The rules are simple:

Just get yourself to a real-life or virtual book store during Buy a Friend a Book Week (the first weeks of January, April, July, and October) and, well, buy a friend a book (or e-book)! But here’s the fun part: you can’t buy your friend a book because it’s their birthday or they just graduated or got engaged or had a baby or anything else. You have to give them a book for no good reason. In fact, this present out of the blue from you should shock the pants off of whomever you decide to give it to. And it’ll make them happy. And that’s the point: promote reading, promote friendships. Just make sure to let them know about Buy a Friend a Book Week.

I love this excuse for a celebration. Here’s one place for homeschoolers to go to buy your favorite reading friend a book—just because. I checked out this store that sells ebooks for homeschoolers (or school teachers) the other day, and I’m quite impressed at the selection and quality of what they have available. In fact, I’ll be reviewing some of their ebooks here at Semicolon soon.