What does "I never seemed to ..." mean?

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alexalexk

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Hi, I need to translate the following sentence and can't find the right words in my language:

"I never seemed to find the perfect book for my course."

What does it mean?

My version is something like "I wanted to find the perfect book but I have never thought that it can really happen."
 

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'Despite my best efforts I was never able to find the perfect book...'
 
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