Book Poll: Boo!

I am tackling some to-read stacks. Here is one of them. It is a literal stack of horror and other spooky stories, just right for Halloween. Have you heard of any of them? Which should I select to read and review this week?

Poll #30103 Spooky Book Poll

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Which of these books should I read this week?

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Stonewords, by Pam Conrad. Children's book. Two girls. Two friends. Ghosts in each other's lives.
16 (25.8%)

...walkers, by Gary Brandner. Joanna was one of the dead. The shattering novel that adds a new dimension to fear!
1 (1.6%)

All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes by, by John Farris. Obviously this would win if the poll was for coolest title. A FORCE turning passion into perversity and a proud Southern clan into a family of fiends!
14 (22.6%)

Silk, by Caitlin Kiernan. Club kids meet Spyder, who is clearly bad news.
11 (17.7%)

Dragon Tears, by Dean Koontz. A dying man tells the hero, "Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours. Dead by dawn..."
7 (11.3%)

Dark Dance, by Tanith Lee. They brought her into their house, called her one of them, let her taste the forbidden, the erotic, the evil...
32 (51.6%)

Only a Monster, by Vanessa Len. YA. Joan's new family are monsters... and maybe Joan is too.
11 (17.7%)

The Immortal, by Christopher Pike. The ancient artifact was cursed.
9 (14.5%)

The Watcher in the Woods, by Florence Engel Randall. YA. There's something spooky in the woods.
15 (24.2%)

Summer Lightning, by Wendy Corsi Staub. Melissa's invisible protector turns out to be a ghost in love with her.
10 (16.1%)

Ghost Child, by Duffy Stein. A family moves into a new house with a haunted toy room.
3 (4.8%)

All on a Winter's Day, by Lisa Taylor. Children's book. Two living kids are trapped in a home with two ghost kids and their evil ghost aunt.
8 (12.9%)

The Ice Twins, by S. K. Tremayne. One of Sarah's daughters died. But does she know which one?
20 (32.3%)

Just Like Jenny, by Sandy Asher

1980s YA about two young ballet dancers, Stephie and Jenny, who have been best friends since they met at a dance academy at ages six and eight, respectively. The two-year gap and personality factors have led to Stephie looking up to Jenny and seeing her as perfect and herself as inferior and needy. When their dance teacher invites them both to audition for his even-more-hardcore semi-professional dance troupe, it forces Stephie to take a serious look at both her own ambitions and her relationship with Jenny.

This book packs a lot into 148 pages, sketching out a complete life for Stephie beyond the academy, complete with brief but deft characterizations of her family, Jenny's family, teachers at Stephie's school which also has performance classes taught by an aging hippie with regrets, the boy she has a crush on, and actual professional theatres that might be hiring. The ending is a bit pat but overall it's well-done and thoughtful.

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