What do you call 'time' in dialect?

I've been waiting for hours at that shop, but the meal still hasn't come out.

I exercise at the gym for two hours every day.

He is good at writing short novels.

I like reading mystery novels.

He is a famous novelist.

He is trying to write an experimental novel.

He likes to read picaresque novels.

I read dream novels every night before I go to bed.

His dream is to write a full-length novel.