A brief survey of responses to yesterday’s Giller shortlist announcement:

• Bookninja argues that Marina Endicott’s Good to a Fault got the nod by advertising on Bookninja.com
• Oddsmaker Pinnacle Sports places the smart money on Rawi Hage’s Cockroach
• IFOA blogger Andrew Westoll feels bad that Nino Ricci and Steven Galloway were left off
• Alberta librarian Peter Bailey bemoans the lack of Western Canadian nominees