BOOKS THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO... hatte Holmes The costar (with Adam Sandler) of Jack and Jill loves classic fiction, comedy, and anything that speaks to her maternal side. WASHINGTON SQUARE By Henry James A lover of James's layered prose, Holmes says she ly Us 1880 tale of & dew father: relationship. “I didnt see myseif ia any ar! she says, “but I loved the setting and the way je? The very Dasy actor also appreciated the book's relatively short length. “I do ames writes about p vost of my reading in bursts at ight after everyone’ asleep’ THE GHOST OF GREENWICH VILLAGE By Lorna Graham a Tis novel has! Holmes at he ite: “Tove Greenwich Village,” says the Ohio native who lives in Las Angeles but visits the storied New York neighbor. hood whenever she can. The tale ofa yo 10 follow in her late mother’s literary footsteps “has a lot to 3 to achleve a goal.” say about enduring challs 84, CHARING CROSS ROAD By Helene Hangf A must for biblophiles, this isthe story of Helene a freelance writer in New York City, and Frank, a used-book seller in Landon, who develop i friend ship through letters about their favorite books. Like Helene, Holmes is a fan of small, out-of-the-way bookshops: the picked up this epistolary work ai the suggestion of a shop- keeper in just sueh a place. “Reading someone else’s letters has ‘a voyeuristic quality to it” Holmes says. By Toni Morrison Holmes first discovered ‘Toni Morrison when she read Bedoved for a high school English elass. We alued discussion," she nat the dl at teacher wi read The Biuest had ag says. Later sh hal discriminates °S such an ability to wrte fresh way.” she says “Loved this book, but I missed having a group to debate It with: Aeulty of teeing peetty fa cults out painful topics BOSSYPANTS By Tina Fey ee Holmes met Tina id wpe. former on Saturday Night Live, while guest-hosting n 2001. (*L was terrified doing that show! she ad. mits.) Vears later she'd find herself identifying with Fey while reading the 30 Rock star’s comic essays. “She writes then heal write with sued a true vole mom-—from the fi your kids do ta your fears for thera, When Uheard Tina was pregnant ‘gain [Fey had a second daughter in August}, | thought, Thar’ great, duct I hope she's writing @ second book." —As told to Abbe Wrishe about being