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Async processing in Shiny is supposed to take a long-running function and give control back to the user. However, it would still be nice to let the user know that the computation is running in the background. I cannot figure out how to structure the async process to run in the background and still display a progress indicator. Below is the example code I've been fiddling with. I think the progress indicator is one issue, but also the creation of the table doesn't seem to be working with async processing.
As I contemplate whether to discontinue blogging, I can finish out this year and share a little of what I have been up to; or rather today, I will share some ideas of where I hope my rest of 2023 reading will take me. Last year I read/reread M.M. Kaye's romantic suspense novels, her "Death in . . ." series of books. This year I am rereading/reading Elizabeth Jane Howard's Cazalet Chronicle series of five books. I have read the first two multiple times (usually thinking I need to read the series through but not quite completing the task), but this year I am finally into volume three, Confusion, so I am about halfway through with two volumes left.
This year is definitely one to try and complete or make progress (okay, and maybe start) some favorite series. I have been spending time with Ruth Galloway (Elly Griffiths) and solicitor Ben O'Keeffe of Inishowen (Andrea Carter). I plan on getting back to Alan Parks's Harry McCoy novels and read the second and third Vera Kelly books by Rosalie Knecht. I've been keeping up with Jacqueline Winspear (has Maisie finally retired?) and Ashley Weaver's newest Electra McDonnell novel is one of my current reads. I've tried a Deborah Crombie mystery (and hope to read more) and now am trying something entirely different, the first Falco mystery by Lindsey Davis!
However, I have finally planned a short real, away from home, vacation and will be traveling to New York City in August. I would love any New Yorkers or those familiar with the city to share any must-sees and must-dos particularly that have to do with books, bookstores, library, literary-related places and also places for film lovers (next to books I am a film lover and spend most weekends seeing as many movies (old and new) as I can at a local indie cinema.
A very nice, hopefully inspiring end of the year splurge. It has been several years since I have ordered the Short Story Advent Calendar. I love short stories, but I have been a lapsed short story reader in the last few years and I keep trying to get back to my old habit. I hope this helps and I am able to keep up with a short story a day through the individual stories that come in this boxed set.
Time is quickly slipping away, isn't it. I wonder if I will be able to meet my Good Reads goal this year. I have nine books left to make the goal I set, but if I can manage 13, I will reach the goal I have in the back of my mind. Perhaps wishful thinking? I applaud my friends who have not only made their goals but in several cases have even surpassed them (Bravo, I say to you all!). Of course it is not a good idea to compare myself--it has once again been a wonky year with a lot of stress, so to manage even what I have is a success.
And you? How are you all doing friends. Are you at a leisurely point in the year where you are just reading and relaxing? Trying to finish to meet a goal? Not worried at all and just cruising along (a good idea) without setting expectations on yourself. Why count, really? I ask myself that every year, but it never quite stops me from doing it over and over again. Goals are really just suggestions, right?
Since finishing the novel, Three by Valerie Perrin, I have read more than a dozen or so books, many very good, others pretty good (and a few 'discards' along the way), and now I am set to pick up some books with a little seasonal atmosphere. I think autumn is my favorite time of the year and the weather is finally very comfortable and enjoyable to be outside or inside with windows open. I hope it lasts and of course I have a stack of books that I pulled out to choose from to match the mood. Possibilities:
House of Glass, Susan Fletcher -- June 1914 and a young woman - Clara Waterfield - is summoned to a large stone house in Gloucestershire. Her task: to fill a greenhouse with exotic plants from Kew Gardens, to create a private paradise for the owner of Shadowbrook. Yet, on arrival, Clara hears rumours: something is wrong with this quiet, wisteria-covered house. Its gardens are filled with foxgloves, hydrangea and roses; it has lily-ponds, a croquet lawn - and the marvellous new glasshouse awaits her. But the house itself feels unloved. Its rooms are shuttered, or empty. The owner is mostly absent; the housekeeper and maids seem afraid. And soon, Clara understands their fear: for something - or someone - is walking through the house at night. In the height of summer, she finds herself drawn deeper into Shadowbrook's dark interior - and into the secrets that violently haunt this house. Nothing - not even the men who claim they wish to help her - is quite what it seems.
You'll Never See Me Again, Lesley Pearse -- Betty is running for her life. When Betty's husband returns from the war broken and haunted, she knows her marriage is doomed. Taking a fleeting chance to escape, she goes on the run armed with a new identity. Yet penniless and alone, Betty quickly finds that starting again is much harder than she thought. And she never imagined it could end in murder . . . But sometimes you have to keep running if you want to survive.
I am starting with Susan Fletcher's novel as I have read and enjoyed her work, but I am sure I will be reaching for other books in this pile. Have you read any of these or have any good recommendations of autumn spooky reading?
I guess we are officially into the dog days of summer. And maybe time to catch up a bit on what I have been reading, or trying to read. As is my current trend, my reading is all over the place with more than a few misses but a number of hits as well and plenty of books in progress. My reading continues to be motivated mostly by my mood, which seems to change daily. But I have not given up on the very few reading plans and projects on which I set forth a month or so ago.
Yes, friends, I started this post in the heat of summer and am now revisiting it in the coolness of a fall morning. Maybe it was the draining humidity of the summer or dealing with family issues, or just a lack of energy, but I am sorry I have been so absent for so long. (I seem to say that quite often here, don't I). And I expect I am talking aloud to an empty room (all on me, sadly). I have been absent so long that I only discovered that Typepad is no longer (since 2020?) accepting new subscribers and next month will be migrating data, which somehow does not seem to bode well. I need to get my (not really empty) room in order and decided what to do, whether to move on or move elsewhere. Are blogs a thing of the past now? Maybe everyone has left me for TikTok?
I will do some cleaning up while I decide. I have a little time left on my subscription. I have read a number of good books, set aside quite a few that were not working for me. Summer has turned to fall and I am happy with cooler mornings and sunny afternoons. My (see post below) summer reading plans started okay, but I did not manage as well as I had hoped, which is okay. It is always nice to have a stack of books that appeal and choose some to see if they click or not. I have made a pile of autumn books that I will share, too. I am sorry this sat so long in draft mode. I wonder where my online bookish friends are hanging out these days?
Lonely Hearts, John Harvey -- "In this detective story two women are murdered after having a blind date with a man contacted through the personal column in the local paper. Inspector Resnick soon discovers that the likely murderer is an academic at the university who follows him and his girlfriend to the most unlikely places."
The Hours Before Dawn, Celia Fremlin -- Virago Modern Classic! "This novel, one of the "Virago Crime Classics", combines humour with a look at the danger and suspense in the tyranny of motherhood. It also explores the redeeming power of love."
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Alice Feeney -- "Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can't recognize friends or family, or even his own wife.Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts--paper, cotton, pottery, tin--and each year Adam's wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn't randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn't want them to live happily ever after.Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget."
A proper baker's dozen of very enticing reads. I always dream big with books, so my pile is larger than what I can realistically read. My goal is to read 6-7 over the course of the summer. I am starting with Nightshift, which I was so excited to get months ago!
"In a provincial university town, Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers to read to a blind, esteemed anthropologist in a nursing home, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory."
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