Comments on: Grand Prize Winner in the 2008 Delete Key Awards: Eckhart Tolle’s ‘A New Earth’ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-6143 Sat, 10 May 2008 07:00:15 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-6143 He does quote a lot of Christian texts, though, even if much of the book comes from Buddhism. So the audience was never really clear to me …

]]> By: bloominglotus http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-6141 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:46:24 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-6141 Hi, Jan, I’m glad and impressed that you actually did read the entire book before negatively reviewing it; most don’t even bother. (To me, this doesn’t lend a lot of credibility to their writings.) In any case, I thoroughly enjoyed A New Earth and did learn many things from it. Many of his concepts actually come from Buddhism, not the so-called (and really not as monolithic as everyone thinks it is) “New Age movement.” I can see how that specific quote about “the galaxy and beyond” might trip someone up, however. People who are into traditional religious structures, as well as non-religious and non-spiritual folk, won’t find anything of interest in it, either.

I look forward to reading more of your reviews, especially the ones concerning poetry. (I’m a Creative Writing BA-er and studied with Kelly Cherry and Dillard and other wonderful writers at Hollins.) Cheers!

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5873 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:28:20 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5873 I hope all of them are reading this and take your excellent suggestions. Mitch Albom was the first runner-up last year and hasn’t come up with a new book since. Let’s hope he, like Sebold, will “find another direction” …

]]> By: oh http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5872 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:15:47 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5872 So Tolle it is! Who will tell him? How will he handle it? Meanwhile so many other writers are “saved” and live to write (and redeem themselves) another day without the mark of the DK Award. I am counting on McEwan to get the next book right, Sebold to find another direction, and Steve Martin to return to the stage with that arrow on his head as in days of yore…because it was funny, at least back then.

]]> By: links for 2008-03-15 « Charlottesville Words http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5868 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:22:38 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5868 [...] Grand Prize Winner in the 2008 Delete Key Awards Eckhart Tolle’s ‘A New Earth’ « One-Minute Book Reviews [...]

]]> By: ggelliott http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5865 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:33:05 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5865 Gee, what if it’s some kind of secret conspiracy to find out, via the webcasts, who are the most gullible viewers so that they can add them to some ‘Compliant Sheep’ list for future nefarious schemes? and book sales?

Hm-m-m-m-m…[rubs hands together while snickering]

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5864 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:30:11 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5864 An interesting question: Could this backfire? Clearly Oprah’s producers don’t think so. They’ve planned a series of Webcasts about “A New Earth” on Monday nights in March.

But you have to wonder if they decided to do the programs as Webcasts rather than TV shows because they knew that TV viewers might not put up with them.

]]> By: ggelliott http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5861 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:50:30 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5861 Absolutely the best choice for this award.

I read the excerpt one last time, just in case some light bulb might come on, but no…

My head still hurts from it. I couldn’t agree more. What was Oprah thinking? I’m wondering if the ratings aspect won’t end up backfiring. Who could continue to tune in for this babbling?

Good work.

]]> By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5856 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:15:39 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5856 Malcolm: You think we could understand Tolle’s comment? A mystery.

Don: Actually, I read the whole book. And there’s lots more like it. I have to admit, I don’t envy the producers for Oprah’s show who have to come up with questions about to ask on the air. Thanks for the comment.
Jan

]]> By: Don http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5855 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:05:49 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5855 My god. I’m surprised you even managed to read through the paragraph in order to nominate it.

I’m not even sure what that paragraph meant.

]]> By: knightofswords http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/grand-prize-winner-in-the-2008-delete-key-awards-eckhart-tolle%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98a-new-earth%e2%80%99/#comment-5854 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:57:57 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=878#comment-5854 If Tolle we leaving a comment in this box instead of me, I wonder if it would explain just what those quotes mean.

Naah, probably not.

Good choice for the award.

Malcolm

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