✶⋆ Welcome to a new post in Books From Fangorn! I’m happy to announce that this time, it is going to be a book review. Have you read The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley? I wrote a short review on GoodReads but, I feel the necessity of writing a longer review… NO spoilers here. But…
World Art Day: How to Understand and Appreciate Art
Happy World Art Day!! It was on April 15th. My post arrived with some delay, but it has very interesting content to discuss! Have you ever wondered what is art? Is there any universal definition of this troublesome concept? In this post, we are going to explore some of those questions. In this post, we…
“Loyalty and Solidarity are the Way” Father and son love beyond the upbringing – Appreciating Din Djarin and Grogu
Today, Valentine’s Day, you might expect me to be talking about romance in literature. The truth is that you are never going to find me in the Romance section at a bookstore. I prefer stories where romance is a secondary element and not the main focus of the plot, as well as, stories where other…
The Silmarillion Reading Guide
✶⋆ English Version Welcome everyone to the first post of the year, which honours no one else but J.R.R. Tolkien! There has been so much excitement and fear among Tolkien fans, scholars and casual readers because of the new Amazon series. As you know, my page is not associated with the series, I’m just a long…
Letters from Father Christmas Read-Along – Reading Guide
The last Tolkien Tuesday of the year is here, and December is also ending. But before we say goodbye to this month, I would like to sum up the first read-along I hosted this month: we read J. R. R. Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas. I was really looking forwards to organizing a book discussion…
Some News on Rock Art 2021 / Algunas Noticias sobre Arte Rupestre 2021
✶⋆ English Version The end of the year is coming very close, and our last post on the 4 the Love of Art series has arrived. We have introduced rock art, and have discussed some incredible sites. To finish the year, I believe it would be important to select some incredible and interesting news that…
Global Tolkien – A Roundtable
Following the interest generated by the Tolkien and Diversity panel at Oxonmoot 2020, (hosted by Sultana Raza), another panel on Global Tolkien was proposed and accepted by the Tolkien Society for Oxonmoot 2021. The idea for this panel was formed because of a troubling trend among some SFF and Tolkien enthusiasts against diversity in fandoms and interpretations of SFF…
Christmas in Fangorn
Can you feel the special atmosphere in the air? Can you smell those familiar perfumes that bring memories? Can you see all those beautiful decorations? It is almost Christmas time! Yey! Christmas is almost here, and in Books from Fangorn, we are preparing for Christmas and we are inviting you to join the celebrations! For…
A General Guide and Introduction to Rock Art / Una Guía General e Introductoria al Arte Rupestre
✶⋆ English Version Today, the 4th of November means a new post on the 4 the love of Art series. So far, we have seen three sites on pictographs. One in Chauvet, the second in Cueva de las Manos, the other in El Médano. Now, before we move deep into the world of rock art, I…
El Médano: An Insight on Marine Representations in Rock Art / El Médano: Una introducción a la representación marina en el arte rupestre
✶⋆ English Version On this “4 the Love of Art” occasion we are going to move from the Palaeolithic era and focus on exploring some fascinating rock art produced by pre-Chango cultures, located in the north of Chile. This rock art style is known as El Médano rock art style because of its location. As you…